Anthony `Reebop`Kwaku Bah

This is the 1973 solo album by Ghanaian percussionist Anthony Kwaku Bah, who was given the nickname "Reebop“ by American jazz legend Dizzie Gillespie. He passed away early at the age of 39 in Stockholm in 1983, but before made himself a name for his works with UK 70s rock heroes TRAFFIC and German Krautrockers CAN, amongst others.

If you might expect here the prototypical Afro Beat and Afro Rock you mostly know from British bands, you will be surprised that this is only one part of the deal. Yes, there are African elements to be found, buried somewhere in this boiling cauldron where polyrhythmic grooves are the base for jazz improvisations by the brass section, that range from naughty swing and bebop, to freaked out free jazz and enchanting soul jazz the way it was popular in the late 60s.

PERSONNEL:

• Maffy Falay - (trumpet)
• Ulf Andersson - (tenor saxophone, flute)
• Gunnar Bergsten - (baritone saxophone)
• Bobo Stenson - (electric piano)
• Jan Schaffer - (electric guitar)
• Bengt Dahlén - (electric bass)
• Erik Dahlbäck - (drums)
• Anthony Reebop Kwaku Baah - (percussion)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1 Kwaku's Thing
• A2 Funkum
• A3 Iponohinime

• SIDE B
• B1 Africa
• B2 Lovin' You Baby
• B3 200 to 500 Years Ago