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Bookmark or Share- Eight Essential Releases From Highlife and Afrobeat Legend Ebo TaylorBorn in 1936 in the Ghanaian city of Cape Coast, Ebo Taylor is a living avatar of two great West African musical traditions: Ghanaian highlife and Nigerian Afrobeat. Highlife, with its bright, ecstatic, guitar-driven melodies, encompasses the joy and optimism of the African people in the face of global anti-Blackness.
- EBO TAYLOR — JAZZ IS DEADEBO TAYLOR — JAZZ IS DEAD. 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.
- The story of highlife and Afrobeat legend Ebo TaylorFrom hanging out with Fela Kuti and the Beatles in “swinging London”, the importance of jazz in shaping his style and the changing fortunes of West African highlife, Ebo Taylor tells his story.
- Ebo Taylor: The Ghanaian musician who helped put West African music on ...Ebo Taylor became one of Ghana’s major prolific musicians in the 1950s and ’60s, making his signature Ghanaian highlife that influenced the father of afrobeat, Fela Kuti.
- Ebo Taylor - WikipediaEbo Taylor (born 1936) is a Ghanaian guitarist, composer, bandleader, record producer and arranger focusing on highlife and afrobeat music.
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