Ebo Taylor, a highlife music icon, despite health challenges due to a past stroke, presents a striking album titled Ebo Taylor JID022 through Jazz Is Dead. The album reflects his lifelong dedication to African music heritage, even amid personal and international struggles. While it's recorded in Los Angeles, it retains Taylor's unique essence. With a compelling mix of Ghanaian and American musicians, including vibrant instrumentals and powerful vocals from Taylor, the album encapsulates a potent mix of tradition and innovation that defines his storied career.
Deroy 'Ebo' Taylor's stature is undisputed. Already a grown man when Ghana gained independence from Great Britain in 1957, he forged his legacy across decades of turbulence, upheaval, and revolution.
Although recorded in Younge's Linear Labs studio in Los Angeles, Ebo Taylor JID022 nonetheless succeeds in feeling like a true Ebo Taylor album.
The album comes to life with the palpitating organ line of 'Get Up,' signaling for the band to build a thick, lush suite.
Once his voice begins bellowing over the band's raw, smoky Afro-funk rhythms, it's clear that the crucial driver of the music is Taylor himself.
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