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Musician / Composer / Arranger / Producer of World
A.k.a. Deroy Ebow Taylor
Ebo Taylor (born 1936) is a Ghanaian guitarist, composer, bandleader, producer and arranger focusing on highlife and afrobeat music. Born in 1936, Ebo Taylor has been a vital figure on the Ghanaian music scene for over six decades. In the late '50s he was active in the influential highlife bands the Stargazers and the Broadway Dance Band. In 1962, Taylor took his own group, the Black Star Highlife Band, to London, which led to collaborations with Nigerian afrobeat star Fela Kuti as well as other African musicians in Britain at the time. Returning to Ghana, he worked as a producer, crafting recordings for Pat Thomas, C.K. Mann, and others, as well as exploring his own projects, combining traditional Ghanaian material with afrobeat, jazz, and funk rhythms to create his own recognizable sound in the '70s. Father of Ebo Taylor Jr., Jimmy Taylor (5) and Henry Taylor (6)
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Yen Ara | Ebo Taylor | 2018 | Album |
Yen Ara: Remixes Part 1 | Ebo Taylor | 2018 | Album |
Ebo Taylor And The Pelikans | Ebo Taylor And The Pelikans Dance Band | 2017 | Album |
Ene Nyame 'A' Mensuro | Ebo Taylor / Pat Thomas / Henrik Schwarz | 2015 | Album |
Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu / Heaven | K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas / Ebo Taylor | 2015 | Single |
Appia Kwa Bridge | Ebo Taylor | 2012 | Album |
Life Stories (Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980) | Ebo Taylor | 2011 | Compil. |
Love And Death | Ebo Taylor | 2010 | Album |
Greatest Highlife Hits Tracks | Ebo Taylor | 2008 | Album |
Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor | Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor | 1984 | Album |
Hitsville Re-Visited | Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas & Uhuru Yenzu | 1982 | Album |
Nsamanfo - People's Highlife Vol.1 | Ebo Taylor & Uhuru Yenzu | 1981 | Album |
Sweeter Than Honey Calypso 'Mahuno" And High Lifes Celebration | Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor | 1980 | Album |
Conflict Nkru! | Ebo Taylor & Uhuru Yenzu | 1980 | Album |
Me Kra Tsie | Ebo Taylor & Saltpond Barkers Choir | 1979 | Album |
Twer Nyame | Ebo Taylor | 1978 | Album |
Ebo Taylor | Ebo Taylor | 1977 | Album |
My Love And Music | Ebo Taylor | 1976 | Album |
WofA Nono / Jesus Keepeth My Soul / Nkebo Baya | Ebo Taylor | 1975 | Single |
Ebo Taylor Jr. key Reggae, R&B/Soul, Children's Music, Folk and World |