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 - Released by Strut on 15 Jun 2015
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Yamona (Detroit Swindle Remix)
Pat Thomas, Kwashibu Area Band
Electronic - Released by Strut on 13 Dec 2019
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Eye Nyam Nam 'A' Mensuro (Henrik Schwarz Mixes)
Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas, Henrik Schwarz
House - Released by Strut on 18 Sep 2015
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Obiaa!
Pat Thomas, Kwashibu Area Band
World - Released by Strut on 4 Oct 2019
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Ene Nyame (Henrik Schwarz Blend)
House - Released by Strut on 24 Jul 2015
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Play the Music of Anthony Braxton
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Discus Music on 5 Mar 2021
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Disco Highlife Reedit Series, Vol. 3
World - Released by Comet Records on 7 Sep 2020
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Onfa Nkosi Hwee
Pat Thomas, Kwashibu Area Band
World - Released by Strut on 24 Jul 2019
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Asafo / Enye Woa
Africa - Released by Soundway Records Ltd on 30 Nov 2018
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Desafinado (Original Album 1962 - Mono Version)
Pat Thomas, Orchestra Lalo Schifrin
Pop - Released by Brazilian Classics on 1 Jan 2013
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Pianoforte
Keith Tippett, Howard Riley, Stephen Grew, Pat Thomas
Rock - Released by Slam Productions on 16 Apr 2011
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Hellington Country - The Hellingtunes
Eugene Chadbourne, Alex Ward, Pat Thomas, Leslie Ross, Carrie Shull, Paul Lovens
Jazz - Released by Intakt Records on 1 Jan 1997
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Pat Thomas. Desafinado / Moody's Mood
Jazz - Released by BLUE MOON on 10 Feb 2017
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Jazz Patterns (1961)
Vocal Jazz - Released by Screenland Records on 1 Jan 2011
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The Elephant Clock of Al Jazari
Free Jazz & Avant-Garde - Released by OTOROKU on 29 Nov 2019
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Desafinado
Bossa Nova - Released by Verve Reissues on 1 Jan 1960
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