The
first international released album "Love and Death" of Ebo Taylor
has been released in October 2010. The 74 year old Ebo Tylor is one of the
legendary musicians from Ghana. With Fela Kuti, Tony Allen and Mulatu Astatke,
he founded the afrobeat.
Ebo Taylor has met the band Afrobeat Academie from Berlin in Ghana. After some joint concerts in Paris, Berlin und Köln, they were together in teh studio and recorded the album "Love and Death" by Ebo Taylor for Strut Records.
- Ebo Taylor on mySpace
- bei Strut Records
- Ebo Taylor Speaks About Love And Death on okayafrica.de
- Ebo Taylor & Afrobeat Academy - February 2011 - Photos by JeanSaintJean
- Videos
Afrobeat Academy
Afrobeat Academy is a multinational group resided in Berlin. It has been founded in 2005 with members from Ghana, Amerika, Canada and Germany. The band played für the Nigerian guitar legend Oghene Kologbo and for Bantu in 2005 to 2009.
Afrobeat Academy Member 2010/2011
- Ben Abarbanel-Wolff (USA)- Sax
- Ekow Alabi Savage (GHANA)- Drums
- Eric Sunday Owusa (GHANA)- Percussion
- Patrick Frankowski (GERMANY) - Bass
- Philip Sindy - Trumpet
- Henry Taylor - Keyboards
- J. Whitefield (GERMANY) - Guitar
Songs on Love and Death
- 01 Nga Nga (listen)
- 02 African Woman
- 03 Love And Death (listen)
- 04 Victory (Instrumental) (listen)
- 05 Mizin (listen)
- 06 Kwame (Instrumental)
- 07 Aborekyair Aba
- 08 Obra
with
- Ebo Taylor (vocals, guitar)
- J. Whitefield (guitar)
- Ben Abarbanel-Wolff (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone)
- Stu Krause (trumpet)
- Ekow Alabi Savage (drums, percussion, background vocals)
- Eric Sunday Owusa (claves, maracas, bells)
listen to on http://www.ebotaylor-loveanddeath.com