Kabudi, a gifted musician, has taken the feelings and rhythms of his West African heritage, and blended them with improvisational traditions of both American Rhythm & Blues music and Caribbean Soca/Reggae, along with a touch of Jazz, American Pop, Calypso and Latin music, and come up with a striking new "music of the world"
Similar Artists
Osibisa, Cymande,Peter Tosh,Bob Marley
Influences
Otis Redding,James Brown,Marvin Gaye,Beatles
Bio
Kabudi is one of a generation of gifted young musicians who have taken the feelings and rhythms of West Africa, blended them with the improvisational traditions of both American rhythm and blues and Caribbean soca/reggae, and come up with a striking new music of the world ? Kabudi Music.
Born on September 16th , 1959 in Winneba, a little fishing village on the coast of Ghana, West Africa, Kabudi grew up in a very musical environment. His maternal grandfather was the famed Methodist church organist/composer Oman G. Blankson whose songs are still played at almost every Ghanaian funeral. At age 10, he served as his blind grandfather?s apprentice ? helping him write down his musical compositions. As a result of that experience, Kabudi became interested in song writing.
Heavily influenced by American R&B (Otis Redding, James Brown and Marvin Gaye) and rock music (Beatles, Bee Gees and the Jimi Hendrix Experience) Kabudi taught himselfthe piano and formed his first pop group ?The Loosers? a year laterInspired by young Jermaine Jackson and the ?criss-cross rhythms? of Osibisa and Santana, he soon took up playing bass guitar in his next group ?Purple Axis?. At age 16, Kabudi performed semiprofessionally with ?Majestic Breezemen? and his songs and arrangements were selected for top honors in various national talent competitions in Ghana. The group?s plan to release its first 45rpm single was dashed when Kabudi left for the United States to pursue a bachelor?s degree in Business