Strut link up with one of the true greats of Ghanaian music, Ebo Taylor, for his first ever internationally released studio album.
Following the wartime big band highlife pioneers like E.T. Mensah, Taylor became a major figure in Ghanaian highlife during the 1950s and ’60s as highlife exploded. Cutting his teeth with leading big bands like Stargazers and Broadway Dance Band, Ebo Taylor quickly rose through the ranks and became a prolific composer and frontman. Read Full BioStrut link up with one of the true greats of Ghanaian music, Ebo Taylor, for his first ever internationally released studio album.
Following the wartime big band highlife pioneers like E.T. Mensah, Taylor became a major figure in Ghanaian highlife during the 1950s and ’60s as highlife exploded. Cutting his teeth with leading big bands like Stargazers and Broadway Dance Band, Ebo Taylor quickly rose through the ranks and became a prolific composer and frontman. Taylor moved to London in 1962 to study. “I had the Black Star Highlife Band sponsored by the Ghanaian High Commission, mainly comprising music students. We tried to incorporate jazz into highlife and progressed through talking and through jam sessions, trying to develop our skills and ideas.”
Back in Ghana, Taylor became an in-house arranger and producer for labels like Essiebons, working with other leading Ghanaian stars including C.K. Mann and Pat Thomas. “I was paid to write for them and we made some great records. People were trying new things – I always loved C.K. Mann’s ’Funky Highlife’. It was fresh.“ Through the mid-‘70s and into the ‘80s, Taylor then recorded a number of solo projects, exploring unique fusions and borrowing elements from traditional Ghanaian sounds, Fela’s Afrobeat, jazz, soul and funk. Tracks like ‘Heaven’ now stand as among the best Ghanaian Afrobeat of the era.
Interest in Ebo Taylor’s music has grown in recent years with a series of Ghanaian compilations on Soundway Records and Analog Africa and an unexpected sample as Usher lifted a riff from ‚Heaven’ for his hit with Ludacris, ‘She Don’t Know’. A new Ebo Taylor album was a natural progression. “For new album, I wanted to advance the cause of Afrobeat music. Fela started it and we shouldn’t just abandon it. We should push it so it is a standard form of music.“ The result is a firing new set backed by Afrobeat Academy, a Berlin-based collective of international musicians. Tracks include new versions of Taylor classics ‘Victory’ and ‘Love And Death’ and a selection of new compositions including ‘Kwame’, celebrating Ghana’s late, lamented leader Kwame Nkrumah.
Following the wartime big band highlife pioneers like E.T. Mensah, Taylor became a major figure in Ghanaian highlife during the 1950s and ’60s as highlife exploded. Cutting his teeth with leading big bands like Stargazers and Broadway Dance Band, Ebo Taylor quickly rose through the ranks and became a prolific composer and frontman. Read Full BioStrut link up with one of the true greats of Ghanaian music, Ebo Taylor, for his first ever internationally released studio album.
Following the wartime big band highlife pioneers like E.T. Mensah, Taylor became a major figure in Ghanaian highlife during the 1950s and ’60s as highlife exploded. Cutting his teeth with leading big bands like Stargazers and Broadway Dance Band, Ebo Taylor quickly rose through the ranks and became a prolific composer and frontman. Taylor moved to London in 1962 to study. “I had the Black Star Highlife Band sponsored by the Ghanaian High Commission, mainly comprising music students. We tried to incorporate jazz into highlife and progressed through talking and through jam sessions, trying to develop our skills and ideas.”
Back in Ghana, Taylor became an in-house arranger and producer for labels like Essiebons, working with other leading Ghanaian stars including C.K. Mann and Pat Thomas. “I was paid to write for them and we made some great records. People were trying new things – I always loved C.K. Mann’s ’Funky Highlife’. It was fresh.“ Through the mid-‘70s and into the ‘80s, Taylor then recorded a number of solo projects, exploring unique fusions and borrowing elements from traditional Ghanaian sounds, Fela’s Afrobeat, jazz, soul and funk. Tracks like ‘Heaven’ now stand as among the best Ghanaian Afrobeat of the era.
Interest in Ebo Taylor’s music has grown in recent years with a series of Ghanaian compilations on Soundway Records and Analog Africa and an unexpected sample as Usher lifted a riff from ‚Heaven’ for his hit with Ludacris, ‘She Don’t Know’. A new Ebo Taylor album was a natural progression. “For new album, I wanted to advance the cause of Afrobeat music. Fela started it and we shouldn’t just abandon it. We should push it so it is a standard form of music.“ The result is a firing new set backed by Afrobeat Academy, a Berlin-based collective of international musicians. Tracks include new versions of Taylor classics ‘Victory’ and ‘Love And Death’ and a selection of new compositions including ‘Kwame’, celebrating Ghana’s late, lamented leader Kwame Nkrumah.
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Nga Nga
by Ebo Taylor
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Love and Death Brothers and sisters Lend me your ears Listen to my story Of…
will you promise Oh love Will you promise To be mine And I'll be yours When t…
Yaa Amponsah Mo 'ndi D)kono... Mesee gye Awaree Yaa Amponsah ee, gye Awa…
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by Ebo Taylor
We have lyrics for these tracks by Ebo Taylor:
Love and Death Brothers and sisters Lend me your ears Listen to my story Of…
will you promise Oh love Will you promise To be mine And I'll be yours When t…
Yaa Amponsah Mo 'ndi D)kono... Mesee gye Awaree Yaa Amponsah ee, gye Awa…
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Babatunde Adelekan
10 dislikes??? They don’t have any soul. This groove is so funky you have to “move something” in the words of Talib Kweli.
Ogbo Ato!!!!
Anthony Cardott
robots dude. tons of them automatically dislike stuff so losers can try to improve their chances of moving their "content" forward/up on automatic Youtube lists. Who comes out and dislikes Ebo Taylor??? Gimme a break
Pampa Naa
My soul is satisfied
paul kinl
Its as if he's talking but then singing at the same time ,stuff like this make me proud am African and also a music lover. Peace to all.
abel badaoui
Authentique , Real , Echt , African Music !
mary dentu
This 70s music has relax me from back in the days and still relax me tell now, I will always cherish it
Skyla J
love this funky afro beat vibes !
JackAroundWithAUke
soooooo good music-I love Afro Beat:)
Kazaf Nash
RESPECK Legend GH 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🙏
VeckWolf
l'autre Afrique!!