Remi Kabaka

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Aderemi "Remi" Kabaka (also Remy Kabocka ) is a Nigerian percussionist and drummer who contributed to British rock music .

Kabaka had been based in Great Britain since the 1960s, where he initially worked as a studio musician for Gordon Jackson or Juicy Lucy . In 1970 he was a founding member of Ginger Bakers Air Force . Then he worked with Steve Winwood in the Third World trio . He then led the Afrofunk band Shakatu . Between 1977 and 1980 he was a member of Osibisa .

Kabaka composed the music for the Brazilian-Ghanaian feature film A Deusa negra by Ola Balogun . He can also be heard on albums by Paul McCartney ( Band on the Run ), Twins Seven Seven , Jim Capaldi ( Short Cut Draw Blood ) and Paul Simon ( The Rhythm of the Saints ). He was also in the studio with John Martyn and Hugh Masekela . He later moved to Santa Monica . In 2003 he accompanied the Rolling Stones on their tour of the American west coast. In 2013 he attended Nelson Mandela's birthday celebrations in Los Angeles .

Discographic notes

  • 1973: Third World Aiye-Keta ( Island Records , with Steve Winwood and Abdul Lasisi Amao)
  • 1977: Son of Africa (Iceland)
  • 1978: Black Goddess (Soundway)
  • 1983: Great Nation (RAK)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ronnie Graham Stern's Guide to Contemporary African Music . Pluto Press, London 1989, p. 21, Gary Stewart Breakout: Profiles in African Rhythm , University of Chicago Press 1992, p. 108f.
  2. ↑ David Vlado Moskowitz The Words and Music of Bob Marley Praeger 2007, p. 56
  3. ↑ Lloyd Bradley Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital 2007, pp. 145f.
  4. ↑ Credits (Remi Kabaka) at Allmusic (English)
  5. ↑ a b Remi Kabaka to be Featured at Nelson Mandela Celebration
  6. ^ The Rolling Stones Staples Center Los Angeles 2003
personal data
SURNAME Kabaka, Remi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kabaka, Aderemi; Kabocka, Remy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerian percussionist and drummer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century