Editing Ginger Baker (section)

=== 2000s and 2010s ===
On 3 May 2005, Baker reunited with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce for a series of Cream concerts at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] and [[Madison Square Garden]]. The London concerts were recorded and released as ''[[Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005]]'' (2005).<ref name="Erlewine">{{Cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |title=Royal Albert Hall: London May 2-3-5-6 2005 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/royal-albert-hall-london-may-2-3-5-6-2005-mw0000398296 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=18 July 2018}}</ref> In a ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' article written in 2009, Bruce is quoted as saying, "It's a knife-edge thing between me and Ginger. Nowadays, we're happily co-existing in different continents [Bruce, who died in 2014, lived in Britain, while Baker lived in South Africa]&nbsp; ... although I was thinking of asking him to move. He's still a bit too close".<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/15784/93392 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913115650/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/15784/93392 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2012 |title=The Devil and Ginger Baker |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Ginger Baker 2011.JPG|thumb|Baker in 2011]]
In 2008 a bank clerk, Lindiwe Noko, was charged with defrauding Baker of almost [[South African rand|R]]500,000 ($60,000).<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bank clerk defrauds drummer |url=http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Bank-clerk-defrauds-drummer-20080830 |publisher=news24.com |date=31 August 2008 |access-date=31 August 2008}}</ref> Baker said he had hired Noko as a personal assistant, paying her £7 per day (about R100) for performing various errands, and alleged she used this position to uncover his private banking information and make unauthorised withdrawals.<ref name="Berger">{{Cite news |last1=Berger |first1=Sebastien |title=Cream drummer Ginger Baker defrauded |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2656363/Cream-drummer-Ginger-Baker-defrauded.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2656363/Cream-drummer-Ginger-Baker-defrauded.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Telegraph |access-date=18 July 2018 |date=31 August 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Noko claimed that the money was a gift after she and Baker became lovers. Baker replied, "I've a scar that only a woman who had a thing with me would know. It's there and she doesn't know it's there."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Cream drummer may flash ginger nuts in court |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/06/ginger_nuts/ |first=Lester|last= Haines|work=The Register |date=11 June 2008 |access-date=11 June 2008}}</ref> Noko pleaded not guilty but was convicted of fraud. In October 2010 she was sentenced to three years of "correctional supervision", a type of community service. Baker called the sentence "a travesty".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8076094/Ginger-Bakers-assistant-avoids-jail-over-theft.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8076094/Ginger-Bakers-assistant-avoids-jail-over-theft.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph |title=Ginger Baker's assistant avoids jail over theft |first1=Aislinn |last1=Laing |access-date=22 April 2014 |date=20 October 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

His autobiography ''Hellraiser'' was published in 2009.<ref name="Ginger Baker autobiography" /> Throughout 2013 and 2014, he toured with the Ginger Baker Jazz Confusion, a quartet comprising Baker, saxophonist [[Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis]], bassist [[Alec Dankworth]], and percussionist Abass Dodoo. In 2014 Baker signed with [[Motéma Music]] to release the album ''[[Why? (Ginger Baker album)|Why?]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://motema.com/motema-signs-legendary-drummer-ginger-baker/|title=Motéma Signs Legendary Drummer Ginger Baker |publisher=[[Motéma Music]] |access-date=22 July 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140320213708/http://motema.com/motema-signs-legendary-drummer-ginger-baker/ |archive-date=20 March 2014}}</ref>