September 13, 2012(2012-09-13) (aged 76) Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Genres
Worldbeat
Occupation(s)
Musician, dancer, professor
Instrument(s)
Drum
Years active
1969–2012
Musical artist
Obo Addy (January 15, 1936 – September 13, 2012) was a Ghanaian drummer and dancer who was one of the first native African musicians to bring the fusion of traditional folk music and Western pop music known as worldbeat to Europe and then to the Pacific Northwest of the United States in the late 1970s. He taught music at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.[1]
^"Obo Addy: Ghanaian-American Drummer". Arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. n.d. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
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in Portland in 2001 with Bud Shank and again with Julian Priester and OboAddy. On 26 September 2001 he played a solo concert six blocks from ground zero...
famous Ghanaian-Canadian musician. Other emigres include Ghanaian-American OboAddy, the Ghanaian-Swiss Andy Vans and the Ghanaian-Dutch Kumbi Salleh. In Ghana...
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CELEBRATES ITS FIRST JOINT HOMOWO FESTIVAL". Retrieved 2023-09-07. Media related to Homowo at Wikimedia Commons Promoting and celebrating Homowo with OboAddy...
a tribute was held at the Jazz Gallery in New York with Randy Weston, OboAddy, and Kwaku Martin Obeng. On 1 July 1974, the anniversary of Ghana's Republic...
American Music Program students have performed with musicians such as OboAddy, Bennie Maupin, Chuck Redd, Curtis Salgado, Esperanza Spalding, Terell...
studied Indonesian gamelan music with Daniel Schmidt and percussion with OboAddy. Her works came into wide circulation in the 1970s and 1980s, with a style...
Down Beat as one of the best CD's of the year. Halley has performed with OboAddy, Matthew Shipp, Michael Bisio, Newman Taylor Baker, Rob Blakeslee, Bobby...
ensemble "Pieces of Time" along with Andrew Cyrille, Famoudou Don Moye, and OboAddy. In 2001 he was successfully treated for a brain tumour. In 2007, Tani...
4:49 2. "Kaa Ye Oya" Nii Morton, Sam Nortey 4:36 3. "Adade" Nii Morton, OboAddy, Sam Nortey 4:16 4. "Yei Baa Gbe Wolo" Nii Morton, Sam Nortey 5:40 5. "Patience"...
instituted classes in Indian and African music performance with Nisha Joshi and OboAddy. He later helped to establish gamelan programs at the College of William...
honorees were inducted into the hall of fame in 2007: Elliott Smith, Oregon, OboAddy, The Crazy 8's, Roger Hart, DJ and manager of Paul Revere & the Raiders...
Theophilus Wilson Edzie Members: Herbert Mensah, Emmanuel Nikoi, Leanier Afiyea-OboAddy, Albert Frimpong, Isaac Duah, Joseph Kweku Ogah, Melvin Brown, George Owusu...
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