Terri Quaye

Theresa " Terri " Quaye ( born November 8, 1940 in Bodmin ) is an English jazz musician (vocals, piano, percussion) and musicologist who also appears under the name Theresa Naa Koshie.

Life and work

Quaye grew up in a musical family; her father is the singer Cab Kaye; Finley Quaye is her younger brother. They first appeared with the jazz band of her father and is independently active since 1962, first in the Latin jazz band of Ido Martin. As a result, they accompanied Colin Purbrook, Leon Cohen and Brian Lemon. Then she toured with the band The Merrymakers as Congaspielerin and singer by Germany; in Berlin they had a longer stay Club and performed with Carmell Jones, Dave Pike and Leo Wright. In New York City she played in the Needle's Eye, accompanied by Harold Mabern, Richard Davis and Billy Higgins. She also appeared on the Jazz Jamboree in Warsaw and festivals in Yugoslavia. She traveled to Ghana, where her paternal ancestors originate and used for a while the last name Naa koshie. As a percussionist, she took in 1971 with the African rock band assegai, which also included Dudu Pukwana, Feza and Louis Moholo Mongezi. In 1972, she was involved in the United States and in the recording of Archie Shepp album Cry of My People. In Back in London, she was a member of various bands of John Stevens; with his band amalgam they toured in Germany, with his group, Away, she played in 1976, the single Can not Explain a. In addition, she worked with the African Jazz Band Jabula, with Manu Dibango, Syvilla Fort, Junie Booth, Dr. John and Gary Windo. On the Women 's Jazz Festival in Rome, she appeared alongside Betty Carter and Sharon Freeman. During the 1980s, she taught and studied at the University of London Ethnomusicology (Master 1988). Since the 1990s, she appeared mostly as a soloist ( piano / vocals) on such cruises.

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Lexigraphischer entry

  • Valerie Wilmer: Terri Quaye. In: New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
Vocal jazz Conga (disambiguation) Richard Davis (bassist) John Stevens (drummer) Val Wilmer
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