Jazz is Dead: Ebo Taylor & Pat Thomas
October 18 @ 8:00 PM PDT
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 70’s, his own musical projects combined traditional Ghanaian music with Afro-beat, jazz, and funk, creating a trademark sound.
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