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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Ghanaian jazz, Ghanaian musical groups, Ghanaian musical instruments, Ghanaian musicians, Ghanaian musicologists, Ghanaian orchestras, Ghanaian styles of music, Highlife, Cab Kaye, Sway DaSafo, Guy Warren, Music of Ghana, Ayigbe Edem, Hiplife, Ephraim Amu, Osibisa, G.V. Series, Talking drum, Akan Drum, Samini, John Collins, Rebop Kwaku Baah, Derrick Ashong, Atenteben, Tic Tac, Reggie Rockstone, Blitz the Ambassador, Obo Addy, Ewe music, Black Prophet, God Bless Our Homeland Ghana, Koo Nimo, Kae Sun, A. B. Crentsil, William Chapman Nyaho, King Bruce, Wulomei, National Symphony Orchestra Ghana, VIP, Reggie Tsiboe, Gyil, Amakye Dede, Burger-highlife, Kpanlogo, MTV Europe Music Award for Best African Act, Mustapha Tettey Addy, Okyerema Asante, Buk Bak, Kiki Djan, Agbekor, Ruff and Smooth, Prempensua, Rakatak, K. Frimpong, Aburukuwa. Excerpt: Nii-lante Augustus Kwamlah Quaye, better known as Cab Kaye (London, September 3, 1921 - Amsterdam, March 13, 2000) was an English-Ghanaian-Dutch jazz musician, bandleader, entertainer, drummer, guitarist, pianist, songwriter and singer. His singing was influenced by Billie Holiday and he often accompanied himself on piano with a graceful, rhythmic style. He effortlessly combined blues, bebop, stride and scat with the music of his African and Ghanaian musical heritage. Cab Kaye, also known as Cab Quay, Cab Quaye and Kwamlah Quaye, was born on St. Giles High Street in Camden, London to a musical family. Cab's mother, Doris Balderson, sang in English music halls. His Ghanaian great-grandfather was an asafo warrior drummer. His grandfather, Henry Quaye, was an organist for the Methodist Mission church in the former Gold Coast, now called Ghana. His father, Caleb Jonas Quaye (born 1895 in Accra, Ghana), performed under the name Ernest Mope Desmond as musician, band leader, pianist and pe...
