Jazz Is Dead: Ebo Taylor & Pat Thomas
Co-presented by KALW Music
Jazz
Monday, May 12, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm Show: 8:00pm
Ebo Taylor
Ghanaian guitarist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and producer Ebo Taylor has been a vital
presence in African music for more than half-a-century. During the early '60s, he was active in the influential
highlife bands the Stargazers and the Broadway Dance Band whose singles were mainstays on national radio. In
1962 he took his Black Star Highlife Band to London and collaborated with other African musicians who were also
in Britain at the time, including Fela Kuti. Back in Ghana, he worked as an influential producer, crafting recordings
for Pat Thomas (his future collaborator) and C.K. Mann, among many others. During the 70's, his own musical
projects combined traditional Ghanaian music with Afro-beat, jazz, and funk, creating a trademark sound.
Pat Thomas
Pat Thomas is a Ghanaian vocalist and songwriter famed for his work in the highlife bands of Ebo Taylor and his
own recordings of Afrobeat and Afro-pop.
Born in Agona, in the Ashanti region, Thomas had music almost literally in his DNA, his father was a music theory
instructor and his mother a bandleader. In the 1970s, he moved to Accra to join Ebo Taylor's legendary highlife
band The Blue Monks; their residency at the Tip Toe Night Club is an important part of modern Ghanaian cultural
history. In the later years he moved to the Ivory Coast and produced various records in Afro-beat, Afro-Latin
sounds and reggae melded to funky African disco.
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Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Hip-Hop/Rap
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OPIUO
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Electronic
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Prof
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Hip-Hop/Rap
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Bonny Light Horseman
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Folk
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Mumiy Troll
Friday, October 11, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Rock
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Poranguí
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Psychedelic
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Shintaro Sakamoto
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Rock
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The Black Dahlia Murder + Dying Fetus
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Metal/Hardcore
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Valley
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Indie
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The Red Pears
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Alternative/Indie Rock
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Bowling For Soup
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
Punk
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High on Fire
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:50pm
Metal/Hardcore
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Rocky Horror Picture Show
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Musical Theater
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Y La Bamba Psyched! Fest
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Latin
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GEMINI SEASON - Miles Away
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Hip-Hop/Rap
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julie
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Doors: 8:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Rock
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State Champs
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
Punk
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Rise Against
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
Punk
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Better Lovers The Highly Irresponsible Tour
Friday, November 29, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
Metal/Hardcore
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Exodus
Friday, December 6, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
Metal/Hardcore
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Porter / Hello Seahorse!
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Latin
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Benjamin Clementine
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Jazz
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Billlie
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Pop
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Zeal & Ardor
Friday, December 13, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Metal/Hardcore
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BERTHA: Grateful Drag
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Rock
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Marianas Trench
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
Pop
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ALCEST "LES CHANTS DE L'AURORE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2025"
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
Indie
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The Wrecks INSIDE : OUTSIDE Tour
Friday, April 18, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Pop
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Jazz Is Dead: Ebo Taylor & Pat Thomas
Monday, May 12, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Jazz