Artist
Ebo Taylor
19 releases · 40 collaborators · 6 labels
- Real name
- Deroy Ebow Taylor
- Date active
- 2010 – 2025
- Relevance
- Medium, weak ties with the core dub techno cluster, here because linked to afrobeat, a sound this scene often borrows from
Bio
January 6, 1936 - February 7, 2026
Ghanaian guitarist, composer, bandleader, producer and arranger focusing on highlife and afrobeat music.
Born in 1936, Ebo Taylor has been a vital figure on the Ghanaian music scene for over six decades. In the late '50s he was active in the influential highlife bands the Stargazers and the Broadway Dance Band. In 1962, Taylor took his own group, the Black Star Highlife Band, to London, which led to collaborations with Nigerian afrobeat star Fela Kuti as well as other African musicians in Britain at the time. Returning to Ghana, he worked as a producer, crafting recordings for Pat Thomas, C.K. Mann, and others, as well as exploring his own projects, combining traditional Ghanaian material with afrobeat, jazz, and funk rhythms to create his own recognizable sound in the '70s.
Father of Ebo Taylor Jr., artist 3444104 and Henry Taylor (6)
Ghanaian guitarist, composer, bandleader, producer and arranger focusing on highlife and afrobeat music.
Born in 1936, Ebo Taylor has been a vital figure on the Ghanaian music scene for over six decades. In the late '50s he was active in the influential highlife bands the Stargazers and the Broadway Dance Band. In 1962, Taylor took his own group, the Black Star Highlife Band, to London, which led to collaborations with Nigerian afrobeat star Fela Kuti as well as other African musicians in Britain at the time. Returning to Ghana, he worked as a producer, crafting recordings for Pat Thomas, C.K. Mann, and others, as well as exploring his own projects, combining traditional Ghanaian material with afrobeat, jazz, and funk rhythms to create his own recognizable sound in the '70s.
Father of Ebo Taylor Jr., artist 3444104 and Henry Taylor (6)
Member of
The Uhuru Dance Band
The Apagya Show Band
Asaase Ase
The Blue Monks (3)
Stargazers Dance Band
Broadway Dance Band
Super Sounds (2)
Uncle Joe's Afri-Beat
The Black Star Band
Ebo Taylor (Artist)
Label
Relevance
Releases
Active
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2015
- Releases: 12 Relevance: low Active: 2010 – 2015
- Releases: 3 Relevance: low Active: 2018
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 2025
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2012
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2019