EBO TAYLOR

African Fusion • Ghana
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Born in 1936, Ghanaian guitarist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and producer Ebo Taylor has been a vital presence in African music for more than half-a-century. During the early '60s, he was active in the influential highlife bands the Stargazers and the Broadway Dance Band whose singles were mainstays on national radio. In 1962 he took his Black Star Highlife Band to London and collaborated with other African musicians who were also in Britain at the time, including Fela Kuti. Back in Ghana, he worked as an influential producer, crafting recordings for Pat Thomas (his future collaborator) and C.K. Mann, among many others. During the '70s, his own musical projects combined traditional Ghanaian music with Afro-beat, jazz, and funk, creating a trademark sound as evidenced by the albums Ebo Taylor & the Pelikans (1976) and Twer Nyame (1978). In the '80s, albums such as Conflict Nkru! and Hitsville Re-Visited (co-billed to read more...
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EBO TAYLOR Ebo Taylor And The Pelikans album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ebo Taylor And The Pelikans
African Fusion 1976
EBO TAYLOR My Love And Music album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
My Love And Music
African Fusion 1976
EBO TAYLOR Ebo Taylor album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ebo Taylor
African Fusion 1977
EBO TAYLOR Twer Nyame album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Twer Nyame
African Fusion 1978
EBO TAYLOR Ebo Taylor & Saltpond Barkers Choir : Me Kra Tsie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ebo Taylor & Saltpond Barkers Choir : Me Kra Tsie
African Fusion 1979
EBO TAYLOR Ebo Taylor & Uhuru Yenzu : Conflict Nkru! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ebo Taylor & Uhuru Yenzu : Conflict Nkru!
African Fusion 1980
EBO TAYLOR Ebo Taylor & Uhuru Yenzu ‎: Nsamanfo - People's Highlife Vol.1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ebo Taylor & Uhuru Yenzu ‎: Nsamanfo - People's Highlife Vol.1
African Fusion 1981
EBO TAYLOR Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas & Uhuru Yenzu : Hitsville Re-Visited album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas & Uhuru Yenzu : Hitsville Re-Visited
African Fusion 1982
EBO TAYLOR Love And Death album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Love And Death
African Fusion 2010
EBO TAYLOR Appia Kwa Bridge album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Appia Kwa Bridge
African Fusion 2012
EBO TAYLOR Yen Ara album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Yen Ara
African Fusion 2018
EBO TAYLOR Palaver album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Palaver
African Fusion 2019

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