Ebo Taylor (el.  guitar), J. Whitefield  (el. guitar), Ben Abarbanel-Wolff (saxophones), Philip Sindy (trumpet), Henry Taylor (keyboards), Patrick Frankowski (el. bass), Ekow Alabi (drums), Eric 'Sunday' Owusa (percussion) 

Ebo Taylor joined on stage by  Afrobeat Academy!

Following the wartime big band highlife pioneers like E.T. Mensah, Taylor became a major figure in Ghanaian highlife during the 1950s and '60s as highlife exploded. Cutting his teeth with leading big bands like Stargazers and Broadway Dance Band, Ebo Taylor quickly rose through the ranks and became a prolific composer and frontman. Taylor moved to London in 1962 to study.

Back in Ghana, Taylor became an in-house arranger and producer for labels like Essiebons, working with other leading Ghanaian stars including C.K. Mann and Pat Thomas. Taylor then recorded a number of solo projects, exploring unique fusions and borrowing elements from traditional Ghanaian sounds, Fela's Afrobeat, jazz, soul and funk. Tracks like 'Heaven' now stand as among the best Ghanaian Afrobeat of the era.

Now 76 years-old, Ebo Taylor's music has become increasingly in-demand in recent years with a series of Ghanaian compilations on Soundway Records and Analog Africa and an unexpected sample as Usher lifted a riff from 'Heaven' for his hit with Ludacris, 'She Don't Know'. A new Ebo Taylor album was a natural progression. 

Berlin-based Afrobeat Academy is one of the heaviest afro-funk bands on the planet. The band formed in Berlin in 2005 to work with Nigerian guitar legend Oghene Kologbo and provide some serious weight to his original sounds. Together, they toured Germany and Holland, and appeared at the prestigious Soul Ascension Festival in Berlin's Lovelite. In 2007 they released the Afro Confusion 45 on Rabbi Records and a full length, limited edition cd titled "Remember Fela Anikulapo Kuti" (Lion's Ark).

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