Ambrose Campbell

Ambrose Campbell
Campbell in January 2006.
Background information
Birth name	Oladipupo Adekoya Campbell
Born	(1919-08-19)19 August 1919 Lagos, Nigeria
Died	22 June 2006(2006-06-22) (aged 86) Plymouth, England
Genres	Highlife, jùjú music, jazz, rock, etc.
Occupation(s)	Singer, bandleader, guitarist
Instrument(s)	Guitar, percussion
Years active	1946–1990s
Labels	Melodisc, Columbia
Formerly of	Les Ballets Nègres, Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Ronnie Scott, Tubby Hayes and Phil Seamen.

Ambrose Campbell (19 August 1919 – 22 June 2006) was a Nigerian musician and bandleader. He is credited with forming Britain's first ever black band, the West African Rhythm Brothers, in the 1940s, and was also acknowledged by Fela Kuti as "the father of modern Nigerian music".^[1] Campbell worked with British jazz musicians in the 1950s, and later toured and recorded with Leon Russell in the US, where he lived for thirty years.