Ebo Taylor

guitar, piano, vocals, composition · 1936–2026 · Cape Coast

Born in 1936 in Cape Coast (Gold Coast, now Ghana) and died in Saltpond in February 2026, Ebo Taylor played in the highlife orchestras Stargazers and Broadway Dance Band, then crossed paths with Fela Kuti in London in 1962. A producer and arranger for Essiebons in the 1970s, he fused highlife, afrobeat, jazz, and funk, before being rediscovered with Love and Death (Strut, 2010).

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Styles

• Afrobeat, makossa, highlife-jazz

Landmark tracks

• Love and Death (2010)

Sources

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