Alfred Bannerman

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Alfred Bannerman

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Musician of R&B/Soul
A.k.a. Alfred Kari Bannerman

There are few well versed in Ghanaian highlife music who are not familiar with the guitar rhythms of Alfred Kari Bannerman. Over the course of two decades, he has become Ghana's most renowned guitarist. Kari's credits include recording and touring with Osibisa, and with some of West Africa's most celebrated highlife artists - from legends E.T. Mensah. and S. E. Rogie to contemporaries like Kojo Antwi and Bunny Mack. On the Jazz & Blues circuit also, his talents have received considerable recognition and he has performed with Ronnie Laws, Hugh Masekela and Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac fame. Now with his own band Boombaya his musical influences converge to create an exciting blend that offers a fresh and contemporary approach to highlife, which retains its soul and swing, but also adds jazz and urban music nuances.

Instruments

Guitar
Acoustic guitar
Drums

Genres

R&B/Soul
World
Folk
Rock
Jazz

Plays With

Boombaya

Gyedu Blay Ambolley & Zantoda Mark III

Ibibio Sound Machine

Katakumbey

Konkoma

Native Spirit

Nyankonton Band

Osibisa

The Sweet Beans

Bessa Simons

Nii Tagoe

Lee Dodou

Wana Wazuri

Seprewa Kasa

Asare Bediako

Nakasi Stars

Tagoe Sisters

Peejay Scott

Band Members

External Links

Home Page

Discogs

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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