Ebo Taylor Tribute with Afla Sackey & Afrik Bawantu
Ebo Taylor Tribute with Afla Sackey & Afrik Bawantu at Fox & Firkin, London
About the show
Almost one year on from his passing we are paying tribute to the legendary Ghanian bandleader and guitarist Ebo Taylor who, over a career of nearly six decades, recorded an impressive discography spanning highlife, afrobeat, jazz and more. From classics such as “Love and Death”, to deep cuts sought out by samplers and producers the world over. His incredible story from studying music in London to early highlife and afrobeat experiments in Accra, to his exile in Nigeria, finally culminated in his renaissance later in life with his first international release, Love and Death. Released on Strut Records in 2010 and recorded by Ebo - at this point in his seventies - with the Berlin-based Afrobeat Academy - it brought his sound to a wider international audience, and led to him touring widely. To honour this titan of West African music Ghanaian vocalist and master percussionist, Afla Sackey brings his full band Afrik Bawantu for a set packed full of Ebo Taylor classics and spiced with some of the band's own funky Afro-beat / Highlife songs for a night of full powered Ghana Grooves.
Featuring - Afla Sackey
Renowned and world famous percussionist Afla Sackey was born in Ghana and began playing drums at the age of six with Opense Folkloric Group, eventually becoming their principal drummer. Later he joined Folkloric Selamla as dancer and worked with Barkim Music Ensemble, the Kakatsitsi Master Drummers, Adzido Pan-African Dance Ensemble and Dance Carib as drummer, dancer and choreographer.
Afrik Bawantu
AfrikBawantu produce a rhythm-driven dance-inducing fusion with traditional roots.