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Reebop Kwaku Baah
Anthony "Rebop" Kwaku Baah (13 February 1944 – 12 January 1983) was a Ghanaian percussionist who worked with the 1970s rock groups Traffic and Can. Biography Baah was born on 13 February 1944, in Konongo, Gold Coast. In 1969, Baah performed on Randy Weston's album ''African Rhythms''. In the same year he worked with Nick Drake on the song "Three Hours", posthumously released in 2004 on the compilation album '' Made to Love Magic''. He then joined the English band Traffic in 1971, having met them in Sweden during a tour. He appeared on the albums ''Welcome to the Canteen'', ''The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys'', ''Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory'', '' On the Road'', and ''When the Eagle Flies''. In 1973 he performed in the all-star ''Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert''. After Traffic disbanded in 1974, he played on Steve Winwood’s self-titled debut solo album, which was released in 1977. Also in 1977, he joined the German band Can along with former Traffic bassist Rosko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traffic (band)
Traffic were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. Traffic Biography.AllMusic. They began as a psychedelic rock group and diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as keyboards (such as the Mellotron and harpsichord), sitar, and various reed instruments, and by incorporating jazz and improvisational techniques in their music. The band had early success in the UK with their debut album ''Mr. Fantasy'' and non-album singles "Paper Sun", "Hole in My Shoe", and " Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush," Their self-titled 1968 album was their most successful in Britain and featured one of their most popular songs, the widely covered "Feelin' Alright?" Dave Mason left the band shortly after the album's release, as did Steve Winwood the following year when he joined the supergroup Blind Faith, and Traffic effectively disbanded. An album compiled from studio and live recordings, '' Last Exit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Made To Love Magic
''Made to Love Magic'' is a 2004 compilation album of outtakes and remixes by English singer/songwriter Nick Drake. It features a previously unreleased solo acoustic version of "River Man", dating from early 1968, and the song "Tow the Line", a previously unheard song from Drake's final session in July 1974. The compilation reached #27 on the UK Albums Chart. Track listing All songs are written by Nick Drake. # "Rider on the Wheel" – 2:38 # " Magic – Orchestrated Version 2" – 2:45 # "River Man – Cambridge Version" – 4:02 # "Joey" – 3:04 # "Thoughts of Mary Jane" – 3:39 # "Mayfair – Cambridge Version" – 2:12 # "Hanging on a Star" – 3:24 # "Three Hours – Alternate Version" – 5:12 # "Clothes of Sand" – 2:31 # "Voices" – 3:45 # "Time of No Reply – Orchestrated Version" – 2:47 # "Black Eyed Dog" – 3:28 # "Tow the Line" – 2:20 Notes *Tracks 1, 4, 5, 9 & 12 are stereo remasters from '' Time of No Reply''; track 5 is usually titled "The Thoughts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of Reach (album)
''Out of Reach'' is the ninth studio album by the German krautrock band Can, released as an LP in 1978 on Harvest Records. It is their tenth official studio album, discounting compilations such as '' Unlimited Edition''. Context The band's previous album '' Saw Delight'' was the first to include former Traffic members Rosko Gee and Rebop Kwaku Baah. Founding bassist and producer Holger Czukay was reduced to the position of making electronic sounds as Gee took over the bass duties. Czukay left the band during the recording sessions for what was to become ''Out of Reach''. Style As a partial result of Czukay's departure, the new members are said to dominate the group's sound on this album (or "to impose too strict a sense of rhythm on Can's once free-flowing music", according to an interview). Critically acclaimed drummer Jaki Liebezeit's beats are greatly reduced in their power in relation to Baah's percussion. However, the album's strong guitar solos from Michael Karoli a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saw Delight
''Saw Delight'' is the eighth studio album by the German rock band Can, and features two new band members who were ex-members of the band Traffic, Rosko Gee and Rebop Kwaku Baah, with Can's bassist Holger Czukay giving up the bass in favour of experimental effects. It was made as a binaural recording. Track listing Personnel ;Can * Holger Czukay – wave receiver, spec. sounds, vocals on 1 *Michael Karoli – guitar, electric violin, vocals on 1, 5 *Jaki Liebezeit – drums, vocals on 1 *Irmin Schmidt – keyboard, Alpha 77, vocals on 1 *Rosko Gee – bass, vocals on 1, 3 *Rebop Kwaku Baah Anthony "Rebop" Kwaku Baah (13 February 1944 – 12 January 1983) was a Ghanaian percussionist who worked with the 1970s rock groups Traffic and Can. Biography Baah was born on 13 February 1944, in Konongo, Gold Coast. In 1969, Baah performe ... – percussion, vocals on 1 References External links * 1977 albums Can (band) albums Mute Records albums Worldbeat albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosko Gee
Rosko Gee is a Jamaican bassist, who has played with the English band Traffic on their albums ''When the Eagle Flies'' (1974) and ''The Last Great Traffic Jam'' (2005); with Go featuring Stomu Yamashta, Steve Winwood, Michael Shrieve, Klaus Schulze and Al Di Meola; and with the German band Can, along with former Traffic percussionist Rebop Kwaku Baah, appearing on the albums ''Saw Delight'', '' Out of Reach'' and '' Can''. He toured with Can in 1977 and also provided vocals for some of the band's songs during this period. In 1983, he recorded an album with Zahara, a group with several notable members including Rebop Kwaku Baah (percussion), Paul Delph (keyboards), Bryson Graham (drums). After recording with Traffic in 1974 he played in the Johnny Nash band, Sons of the Jungle. He played bass in the house band of Harald Schmidt's various late night TV shows on German television Television in Germany began in Berlin on 22 March 1935, broadcasting for 90 minutes three times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Winwood (album)
''Steve Winwood'' is the debut solo studio album by blue-eyed soulster Steve Winwood. It was released in 1977, three years after the break-up of his former band, Traffic. Though the album sold moderately well in the US, it was a commercial disappointment compared to Traffic's recent albums, peaking at number 22 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart. In the UK, however, while Traffic's recent albums had only been moderately successful, ''Steve Winwood'' reached number 12 on The Official Charts. Island Records launched two singles from the album, "Hold On" and "Time Is Running Out", both of which failed to make the charts. Reception Reviewing in '' Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies'' (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "Combined with Stomu Yamashta's ersatz electronic classicism on '' Go'', Winwood's chronic meandering seemed vaguely interesting. On its own again, it just seems vague." Track listing All songs written by Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi, except where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Winwood
Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, and pop rock. Though primarily a keyboard player and vocalist prominent for his distinctive, soulful high tenor voice, Winwood plays other instruments proficiently, including drums, mandolin, guitar, bass, and saxophone. Winwood was an integral member of three seminal musical ensembles of the 1960s and 1970s: the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith. Beginning in the 1980s, his solo career flourished and he had a number of hit singles, including "While You See a Chance" (1980) from the album ''Arc of a Diver'' and "Valerie" (1982) from ''Talking Back to the Night'' ("Valerie" became a hit when it was re-released with a remix from Winwood's 1987 compilation album ''Chronicles''). His 1986 album ''Back in the High Life'' marked his career zenith, with hit singles including "Back in the High Life Again", "The Finer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert
''Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert'' is a live album by Eric Clapton, recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London on 13 January 1973 and released in September that year. The concerts, two on the same evening, were organised by Pete Townshend of the Who and marked a comeback by Clapton after two years of inactivity, broken only by his performance at the Concert for Bangladesh in August 1971.(2011). In ''Dear Mr Fantasy: The Jim Capaldi Story'' (pp.32–43) D booklet London: Freedom Songs Ltd. Along with Townshend, the musicians supporting Clapton include Steve Winwood, Ronnie Wood and Jim Capaldi. In the year following the two shows at the Rainbow, Clapton recovered from his heroin addiction and recorded ''461 Ocean Boulevard'' (1974). A remastered expanded edition of the album was released on 13 January 1995, the 22nd anniversary of the concert. Background The concert was held at the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park, north London, on 13 January 1973. The venue was popular during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The Eagle Flies
''When the Eagle Flies'' is the seventh studio album released by English rock band Traffic, in 1974. The album featured Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood and Chris Wood, with Rosko Gee on bass guitar. Percussionist Rebop Kwaku Baah was fired prior to the album's completion, but two tracks feature his playing. Winwood plays a broader variety of keyboard instruments than most previous Traffic albums, adding Moog to their repertoire. This was the last Traffic album for 20 years, when Winwood and Capaldi reunited for Far from Home in 1994. ''When the Eagle Flies'' was the band's fourth consecutive studio album to reach the American Top TenTraffic in the USA Charts Allmusic. Retrieved August 9, 2011. and have |
On The Road (Traffic Album)
''On The Road'' is the second live album (two LPs on initial European releases; later reissued on one CD) by English rock band Traffic, released in 1973. Recorded live in Germany, it features the ''Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory'' band, with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section of keyboardist Barry Beckett, bassist David Hood, and drummer Roger Hawkins. The initial U.S. release of ''On the Road'' (Island/Capitol) was a single LP consisting of "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" (edited to 15:10), "Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory", "(Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired", and "Light Up or Leave Me Alone". The album reached number 40 in the UK"Traffic in the UK Charts" , The Official Charts. Retrieved August 9, 2011. and number 29 in the USA. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory
''Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory'' is the sixth studio album by English rock band Traffic released in 1973. It followed their 1971 album ''The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys'' and contained five songs. ''Shoot Out'', while achieving poorer reviews than its predecessor, did reach number six on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, one space higher than ''Low Spark'' had peaked in 1972. Like its predecessor, the original jacket for the ''Shoot Out'' LP had its top right and bottom left corners clipped. The album was remastered for CD in 2003. The album was recorded with four members of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (bassist David Hood, drummer Roger Hawkins, keyboardist Barry Beckett, and guitarist Jimmy Johnson). Hood and Hawkins appear on all the songs, and are listed as members of Traffic on the album sleeve. Beckett and Johnson only play on "Tragic Magic". Hood, Hawkins & Beckett would go on tour with the band as evidenced by the subsequent ''On the Road'' album. Reception ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
