Black Beats

Wɔatwerɛ nsɛm wei ɛwɔ Asante kasa mu

Black Beats yɛ Ghana highlife nnwontofoɔ kuo a wɔhyehyɛɛ no wɔ afe 1952 mu a na King Bruce bɔ totorobɛnto na Saka Acuaye bɔ saxophonist. Na wonim kuo yi sɛ wɔde Afrika Atɔeɛ fam nnwom ne swing ne jazz nnwom ka wɔn ho.

Kuo no teɛ

King Bruce a ɔyɛ torobɛnto bɔfoɔ ne Saka Acquaye a ɔyɛ saksofon bɔfoɔ na wɔhyehyɛɛ Black Beats. Saa kuw yi bae bere a Ghana (a na wɔfrɛ no Gold Coast) wɔ nnwontoɔ mu, na highlife abɛyɛ kuro mu anigyede mu ade titire. Berɛ a Afrika-Amerika swing nnwom ne nnwontofoɔ te sɛ Louis Jordan nyaa wɔn so nkɛntɛnsoɔ no, nnwontofoɔ kuo no gyee nnwom kwan a ɛtwe adwene sii ntin ne nnwom a ɛbɔ so dua so.

Black Beats de wɔn ani sii nnwontoɔ a wɔde nne to so sene Ghana nnwontofoɔ afoforɔ a wɔde band ne asa di dwuma pa ara wɔ mu a eda nso firi highlife afoforɔ bi ho te sɛ E. T. Mensah ne Tempos.

Berɛ a nnwontofoɔ atitire bi firii kuo no mu wɔ afe 1961 mu no, wɔhyehyɛɛ Black Beats foforɔ a na Sammy Oddoh na ɔdii anim.

Dwumadie

Ɛfiri afe 1950 kɔsi 1960 mu no, Black Beats bɔɔ nnwom na wɔyɛɛ nnwom wɔ Ghana ne Afrika Atɔeɛ ne aman foforɔ so. Wɔne nnwom kuo akɛseɛ bi yɛɛ apam, a His Master's Voice (HMV), Decca, Philips, ne Senafone ka ho.

Wɔn nnwom a wɔtoo no bi ne:

• "Teemon Sane"
• "Nkuse Mbaa Dong"
• "Agoogyl"
• "Srotoi Ye Mli"
• "Nomo Noko"

Wɔde Ghana kasa ne wɔn amammerɛ mu nsɛm na ɛkaa nnwom yi ho, na wɔde atɔeɛ fam nnwom nso kaa ho. Nhoma no tumi de nnwom a nsonsonoeɛ no boom maa wɔn tumi kaa nnipa ahorow a wɔtete Ghana nkuro akɛseɛ mu no.

Wɔ afe 1961 mu no, Jerry Hansen, a na ɔyɛ nnwontofo kuw no muni no fii ase de Ramblers International Band no sii hɔ. Na nnwontofo afoforo a wofi The Black Beats nso ka ne ho. Ɛmfa ho sɛ King Bruce firii kuo no mu no, ɔkɔɔ so yɛɛ kuo no dwumadie denam nnipa foforo a ɔboaa wɔn ma wɔkɔɔ so yɛɛ wɔn dwumadie nhyehyɛe no so.

Wɔ saa berɛ yi mu no, The Black Beats yii nnwom foforo adi, a ebi ne:

• "Medo Wo Se Nea Woti Ara"
• Kwemo Ni Okagbi
• "Odo Fofor"
• "Nkase Din"

Kuo mma

Wɔn a wɔdi Black Beats kuo no mu timtinban no ne :

• King Bruce – Trumpet, bandleader

• Saka Acquaye – Saxophone, co-founder
• Jerry Hansen – Saxophone (later founder of Ramblers International Band)
• Ebo Taylor – Guitarist and composer (briefly associated)
• Guy Warren (Kofi Ghanaba) – Drummer and percussionist (collaborator in early days)
• Sammy Oddoh
• Dan Acquaye – Vocals
• George Lee – Trombone
• Kwame Mensah – Trumpet
• C.Q. Mintah – Vocals
• George Ofori – Vocals
• Dan Quarcoo
• Alfred Tetteh
• Willie Cofie – Vocals
• Alfred Tetteh
• Aryee Phorson
• Ashifie Rankilor
• Bengo Kwantreng
• Charlie Baiden
• Eddie Owoo
• George Annor
• George Tackie
• Isaac Addignton
• Stanley Lokko
• Thomas Tamakloe
• Yoland Quarcoo
• Kwatei Hammond
• Lamptey Cruikshank
• Louis B. Wadewor
• Mark Antonio Kobla Kotey
• Mike Lewis
• Nobby Amarfio
• Patrick Forson
• Quamina Croffie
• Ray Tetteh
• Rowland Sackey
• Rusty Quarshie

Wɔ 1950 ne 1960 mfeɛ no mu no, wɔsesaa nnwontofoɔ no mu mpɛn pii, titiriw bere a na nnwontofoɔ deda no ahyehyɛ nnwontofoɔ foforɔ no.