We are excited to share our new project with you all! Join us as we bring the vibrant Ghanaian flavour to life in 2025 with the incredible sounds of Wulomei, performed by the Okailey live band. Let’s celebrate music, culture, and rhythm together!
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New music from Abass’s new project, Okailey, coming soon. Follow us here: https://www.instagram.com/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)
Boris Latinov (guitar)
Charles Robert Quaye (keyboard)
Julia Brüssel (violin)
Niiboye Owoo (vocals and flute)
Mershack Tagoe (percussion)
Shadrack Adu (percussion)