LIFE STORIES by EBO TAYLOR

CD Version
SKU58647
ArtistEBO TAYLOR
TitleLIFE STORIES
LabelSTRUT
Catalog #STRUT 072CD
Tag
ReleaseW 14 - 2011
FormatCD - EU2CD
 € 24,99 incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

  1. Ebo Taylor - Heaven
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/l/58646_life_stories/1_ebo_taylor_-_heaven.mp3
  2. Ebo Taylor - Atwer Abroba
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/l/58646_life_stories/2_ebo_taylor_-_atwer_abroba.mp3
  3. Ebo Taylor - Victory
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/l/58647_life_stories/3_ebo_taylor_-_victory.mp3
  4. Assase Ase - Ohiani Sua Efir
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/l/58647_life_stories/4_assase_ase_-_ohiani_sua_efir.mp3
  5. Apagya Show Band - Kwaku Ananse
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/l/58647_life_stories/5_apagya_show_band_-_kwaku_ananse.mp3
  6. Ebo Taylor - Peace On Earth
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/l/58646_life_stories/5_ebo_taylor_-_peace_on_earth.mp3
  7. Ebo Taylor - Aba Yaa
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/l/58646_life_stories/8_ebo_taylor_-_aba_yaa.mp3
  8. Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor - Ene Nyame Nam !A! Mensuro
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/l/58647_life_stories/8_pat_thomas_amp_ebo_taylor_-_ene_nyame_nam_a_mensuro.mp3
  9. Apagya Show Band - Tamfo Nyi Ekyir
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/l/58647_life_stories/9_apagya_show_band_-_tamfo_nyi_ekyir.mp3
  10. Ebo Taylor - Love And Death
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/l/58647_life_stories/10_ebo_taylor_-_love_and_death.mp3
  11. Ebo Taylor - Ohye Atar Gyan
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/l/58646_life_stories/9_ebo_taylor_-_ohye_atar_gyan.mp3
  12. Super Sounds Namba - Yes Indeed
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/l/58647_life_stories/12_super_sounds_namba_-_yes_indeed.mp3
  13. Apagya Show Band - Mumude
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/l/58647_life_stories/13_apagya_show_band_-_mumude.mp3
  14. Ebo Taylor - What Is Life
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/l/58647_life_stories/14_ebo_taylor_-_what_is_life.mp3
  15. C.K. Mann Big Band - Etuei
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/l/58647_life_stories/15_c.k._mann_big_band_-_etuei.mp3
  16. Ebo Taylor & The Pelikans - Egya Edu
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/l/58646_life_stories/11_ebo_taylor_amp_the_pelikans_-_egya_edu.mp3

Description

Following his recent studio album with Afrobeat Academy, 'Love And Death', his first international release, Ghanaian highlife guitar legend Ebo Taylor teams up again with Strut for a long overdue definitive compilation of his seminal 1970s recordings, 'Life Stories'!During Ghana's highlife explosion during the 1950s and '60s following wartime highlife pioneers like E.T. Mensah, Ebo Taylor made his name as a prolific composer, arranger and frontman leading two of Ghana's greatest big bands - Stargazers and Broadway Dance Band. Moving to London to study music in 1962 alongside West African luminaries like Fela Kuti and Peter King, Taylor formed the Black Star Highlife Band and began incorporating jazz elements into traditional highlife forms. Returning to Ghana, Taylor became an in-house arranger and producer for Dick Essilfie-Bondzie's Essiebons label, working with other major Ghanaian stars like C.K. Mann and Pat Thomas. Through the '70s, he then recorded a number of solo projects, exploring unique fusions and borrowing elements from regional Ghanaian folk music, Afrobeat, jazz, soul and funk. This compilation revisits this heyday of Taylor's work, focusing on his solo albums and some of his lesser known side projects including the dynamite Apagya Show Band and short-lived Taylor-led combos Assase Ase, Super Sounds Namba and The Pelikans. The selection also touches on his writing and production work for C.K. Mann and a collaboration recording with fellow member of early '70s nightclub band Blue Monks, Pat Thomas. Tracks include the anthemic 'Heaven', sampled by Usher on his hit with Ludacris, 'She Don't Know', the original version of the poignant 'Love And Death' and the rare 15-minute nugget, 'Aba Yaa'. The package features rare photos, original album artwork and sleeve notes by Soundway Records' Miles Cleret.

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