Okailey - Onyame (Live at PizzaExpress Holborn)

New music from Abass's new project, Okailey, coming soon. Follow us here:   / okailey_music   Live performance led by master drummer Abass Dodoo who's collaborated with the late CREAM drummer, Ginger Baker, Van Morrison, Pee Wee Ellis, Jonas Hellborg and Regi Wooten. Abass fuses traditional Ghanaian Highlife beats with funk, blues and jazz, adding chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion into the mix. Abass Dodoo (lead percussion) Ajay Ratan (baritone saxophone) Alex Dmochowski (tenor saxophone) Benjamin Armah (bass guitar) Charles Robert Quaye (keyboard) Julia Brüssel (violin) Niiboye Owoo (vocals and flute) Mershack Tagoe (percussion) Shadrack Adu (percussion)