{"id":8706,"date":"2026-02-09T16:18:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afrocaribbeanbeats.com\/?p=8706"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:57:22","slug":"ebo-taylor-high-fly-1936-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afrocaribbeanbeats.com\/en\/ebo-taylor-high-fly-1936-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebo Taylor, high fly&#8230; (1936\/2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Le 7 f\u00e9vrier dernier, avec le d\u00e9c\u00e8s d&rsquo;<strong>Ebo Taylor<\/strong>, le highlife a perdu son architecte, celui qui, depuis Cape Coast, jusqu\u2019aux sc\u00e8nes du monde entier, avait su tisser des ponts entre les rythmes ghan\u00e9ens et les innovations du jazz, de la soul, du funk. N\u00e9 en 1936, il avait commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 gratter les cordes de sa guitare \u00e9lectrique dans les ann\u00e9es 50, avant de traverser l\u2019Atlantique pour \u00e9tudier la musique \u00e0 Londres. L\u00e0-bas, entre deux jam sessions dans les clubs d\u2019Oxford Street, il croisait Fela Kuti et les futurs Osibisa. Des rencontres qui marqueraient \u00e0 jamais sa fa\u00e7on de voir la musique : un m\u00e9lange de tradition et de modernit\u00e9, de groove et de r\u00e9flexion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De retour au Ghana, <strong>Ebo Taylor<\/strong> n\u2019a eu de cesse de r\u00e9inventer le highlife. Il y a inject\u00e9 le swing du jazz, la chaleur de la soul, la puissance du funk, cr\u00e9ant un son unique, \u00e0 la fois ancr\u00e9 et universel. Ses albums, comme <em>My Love and Music<\/em> ou <em>Twer Nyame<\/em>, sont devenus des r\u00e9f\u00e9rences, des hymnes qui font danser autant qu\u2019ils font r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir. M\u00eame quand les projecteurs se sont \u00e9loign\u00e9s, il a continu\u00e9 \u00e0 composer, \u00e0 produire, \u00e0 inspirer. Puis, dans les ann\u00e9es 2000, une nouvelle g\u00e9n\u00e9ration l\u2019a red\u00e9couvert. 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