What's interesting about all this is my band plays "White Room". Baker's rolls in that song are so boring. It's the same roll over and over and over. I've been told many times that he was a great drummer ... never really heard it myself.
There must be something wrong with me because I don't see anything likable in his playing.
I keep trying to figure out what it is, but I'm still not understanding it. I get no musical feel from this guy.
Yup - there is something wrong with you.
Any of his jazz solo stuff provides a very convincing argument as to why he is one of the legends.
Heck, even the link that Odd-Arne posted above shows Ginger ripping it up in a very musical fashion.