{"product_id":"749274","title":"Ebo Taylor - Yen Ara [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGhanaian music legend Ebo Taylor returns with perhaps his finest album to date.  But don't take our word for it. That's coming straight from the man himself, and he should know after more than 60 years in the business!\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eThe 81-year-old composer, arranger, guitarist and vocalist has been a key figure in the evolving afro-funk sound since the Seventies, working with the likes of Apagya Show Band, CK Mann and Pat Thomas.  Famously, he rubbed shoulders with Fela Kuti while studying in London in the Sixties, before going on to lead the Ghana Black Star Band (featuring Osei and Sol Amarfio from Osibisa) and later the Uhuru Dance Band back in Ghana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eLike Fela, he is always pushing forward, constantly reconceptualising his sound and attuning it for a new generation. Part teacher, part messenger, listen to Yen Ara and you will not only hear the high-energy afrobeat, sweet highlife, jazz and konkoma influences that he's famous for, but also a disco pulse and hard-hitting percussive edge to the tracks, which were produced by Justin Adams (Tinariwen, Rachid Taha, Robert Plant) and recorded in the live room at Electric Monkey Studio in Amsterdam. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eHis group, the Saltpond City Band, are all handpicked local musicians featuring two of his sons. An appropriate line-up on an album whose titles means 'we'. And they are on fine form, ripping through tracks such as 'Krumandey' (a surefire party starter) and 'Mind Your Own Business' (a simple message\\r\u003cbr\u003edelivered over a frenetic drum rhythm). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eElsewhere, 'Aboa Kyirbin' will please fans of tough afrobeat grooves, while Taylor could well be inciting a riot at his next gig with 'Mumudey Mumudey', We hear him calling for 'preshaaah' and leading us into a call and response as the trumpet takes us higher. And the lift of those horns on 'Ankoma'm' evokes some of his finest work such as 'Love \u0026amp; Death' and 'Come Along', the latter recorded with the Pelikans and featured on a recent Mr Bongo reissue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoverty No Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMumudey Mumudey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKrumandey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAboa Kyirbin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMind Your Own Business\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnkoma'm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbenkwan Puchaa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYen Ara\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAba Yaa\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55149710901633,"sku":"749274","price":11.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51CaC9zEAmL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767847538","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/749274","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}