Pat Thomas
Born Kwabena Nyamekye Amoo-Mensah in Agona, Ghana on August 14, 1946, the highlife/afrobeat singer and songwriter is better known by his stage name Pat Thomas. Born into a musical family, his uncle was guitarist King Onyina, who was best known for his work with Nat King Cole. As a teen, he studied guitar and drums while also composing his own material. In 1971, he joined Ebo Taylor’s highlife band the Blue Monks. After two years with Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas left the band in 1973 and moved to the Ivory Coast. He formed his own band Sweet Beans and recorded his debut album, False Lover (1974). This was followed by the 1976 albums Stage Two, Stay There, and Pat Thomas Introduces Marijata. In 1978, he was honored with the Mr. Golden Voice of Africa award. He continued to record several albums in Ghana before leaving the country in 1982 and moving to London, England. Collaborating with his old boss, Ebo Taylor, the duo recorded a trio of well-received albums in the early 1980s alongside his own solo releases. He spent five years touring Europe before relocating to Canada in 1990. Although his 1991 album Sika Ye Mogya won the Album of the Year Award in Ghana, he put his recording career on hold and focused on teaching for the remainder of the 1990s. In 2000, Pat Thomas oved back to Ghana, where he continued to teach and resumed his recording and touring career.
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Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band
Pat Thomas, Kwashibu Area Band
World - Strut 発売日 2015/06/15
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Yamona (Detroit Swindle Remix)
Pat Thomas, Kwashibu Area Band
Electronic - Strut 発売日 2019/12/13
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Desafinado (Original Album 1962 - Mono Version)
Pat Thomas, Orchestra Lalo Schifrin
Pop - Brazilian Classics 発売日 2013/01/01
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Eye Nyam Nam 'A' Mensuro (Henrik Schwarz Mixes)
Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas, Henrik Schwarz
House - Strut 発売日 2015/09/18
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Play the Music of Anthony Braxton
Contemporary Jazz - Discus Music 発売日 2021/03/05
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Disco Highlife Reedit Series, Vol. 3
World - Comet Records 発売日 2020/09/07
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Onfa Nkosi Hwee
Pat Thomas, Kwashibu Area Band
World - Strut 発売日 2019/07/24
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Pianoforte
Keith Tippett, Howard Riley, Stephen Grew, Pat Thomas
Rock - Slam Productions 発売日 2011/04/16
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Hellington Country - The Hellingtunes
Eugene Chadbourne, Alex Ward, Pat Thomas, Leslie Ross, Carrie Shull, Paul Lovens
Jazz - Intakt Records 発売日 1997/01/01
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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The Elephant Clock of Al Jazari
Free Jazz & Avant-Garde - OTOROKU 発売日 2019/11/29
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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