Gyedu-Blay Ambolley

Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
Background information
Born1947 (age 76–77)
OriginSekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
Los Angeles, United States
Genres
Occupations
  • Saxophonist
  • bass guitarist
  • guitarist
  • composer
  • percussionist
  • singer
  • band leader
  • arranger
  • record producer
Years activeEarly 1970s–present[1][2]
Labels
  • Essiebons Records[3]
  • Wea International[4]
  • Dix Records
  • Simigwa
Websitewww.ambolley.com

Gyedu-Blay Ambolley is a Ghanaian highlife musician, songwriter, producer, and composer. The first musician from Ghana and the world to formally incorporate rap forms into local highlife rhythms, Ambolley created the musical genre Simigwa.[5]

  1. ^ Saskia Bosch, Belinda van de Graaf, Sandra Kooke, Peter van der Lint, Stan Rijven, Seije Slager Rappen? Dat deed Ambolley al in 1973. (in Dutch) August 31, 2010
  2. ^ "Red Bull Music Academy". Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  3. ^ "CLEAR SPOT". Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Gyedu Blay Ambolley - Ambolley". Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  5. ^ Nikansah, Rexford (July 18, 2013). "Gyedu Blay-Ambolley on Simigwado and highlife history". The African Dream. Retrieved 15 June 2016.