Rebop Kwaku Baah
Anthony " Reebop " Kwaku Baah ( born February 13, 1944 in Konongo, Ghana as Remi Kabaka, † January 12, 1983 in Stockholm) was a Ghanaian fusion percussionist.
Life and work
" Reebop " Kwaku Baah became known when he helped Randy Weston's African Rhythms album in 1969. He received the name " Rebop " by Dizzy Gillespie. He then worked from 1971 to 1974 with the English band Traffic, whom he had met in 1971 during a tour through Sweden. He participated in the albums Welcome to the Canteen, The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory and On the Road. In 1973, he appeared at the side of Pete Townshend, Jim Capaldi, Ronnie Wood and Steve Winwood with Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert.
After the dissolution of the formation Traffic, he was still at Steve Winwood's first solo album, released in 1977. In the same year he played - in common with the former Traffic bassist Rosko Gee - - as a percussionist and singer of the German band Can, on their albums Saw Delight, Out of Reach and Can he participated. After the dissolution of the formation in 1979, he was in 1983 a member of the band Zahara, with an album was made; to the formation also included keyboardist Paul Delph, drummer Bryson Graham and Rosko Gee. Reebop, who also worked with Ginger Baker, The Rolling Stones, Billy Cobham (A Funky Thide of Sings ), Maffy Falay and Jim Capaldi died in 1983 during a performance in Sweden at an intracerebral hemorrhage, as he played in the touring band of Jimmy Cliff. His last album, Melodies in a Jungle Mans Head, was released unfinished.