Live Jazz London

Influences: Fela Kuti, James Brown, Duke Ellington

Ebo Taylor is a legendary Ghanaian guitarist and bandleader who pioneered highlife music and shaped the sound of Afrobeat through decades of work as a session musician, arranger, and composer. His approach fuses West African rhythmic sophistication with jazz harmonies, funk grooves, and meticulous orchestration, creating a template that influenced generations of musicians across Africa and beyond.