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Nfewa Music
Добавлен 21 окт 2013
This channel features the work of Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng, a master drummer, singer, composer, band leader, and educator based in the United States and originally from Ghana, West Africa. It also includes music from his record label Nfewa Music.
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#AfricanMusic #AfroJazz #Highlife #GhanaianMusic #Percussion #AfricanDrumming #KwakuKwaakyeObeng
Ghanaian & Brazilian Music Fusion - Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng
This fun piece fuses rhythms from Ghana and Brazil. "Gha Bra", available at kwakukwaakyeobeng.bandcamp.com, features rich percussive parts and was composed and performed by Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng. Rogerio Boccato and Gino Sitson are also featured on this track.
Artist Bio: www.brown.edu/academics/music/kwaku-kwaakye-martin-obeng
Website: www.kwakukwaakyeobeng.org/
Facebook: KwakuKwaakyeObeng/
RUclips: ruclips.net/channel/UCLBNZZJlEk6Dbnd4XkMfXmA
#GhanaianMusic #BrazilianMusic #Percussion
Artist Bio: www.brown.edu/academics/music/kwaku-kwaakye-martin-obeng
Website: www.kwakukwaakyeobeng.org/
Facebook: KwakuKwaakyeObeng/
RUclips: ruclips.net/channel/UCLBNZZJlEk6Dbnd4XkMfXmA
#GhanaianMusic #BrazilianMusic #Percussion
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Видео
African Hand Drumming - Oprenten by Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng
Просмотров 2096 лет назад
Extremely fast-paced and lively hand drum solo by Ghanaian master drummer Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng. To subscribe: ruclips.net/channel/UCLBNZZJlEk6Dbnd4XkMfXmA. "Oprenten" features numerous pitched hand drums from Ghana, West Africa. The piece can be purchased at kwakukwaakyeobeng.bandcamp.com. Artist Bio: www.brown.edu/academics/music/kwaku-kwaakye-martin-obeng Website: www.kwakukwaakyeobeng.org/ RU...
Susu Bribi - Afropop Piece by Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng
Просмотров 2416 лет назад
Unique Afropop piece combining elements of jazz, highlife, funk, and traditional Ghanaian music. "Susu Bribi" was composed by Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng (drum set). Additional artists include Joe Morris, Norman Johnson, and Gino Sitson. Artist bio: www.brown.edu/academics/music/kwaku-kwaakye-martin-obeng. Website: www.kwakukwaakyeobeng.org/ Facebook: KwakuKwaakyeObeng/ Subscribe to RUclip...
I Like to Play - Afro-Jazz Piece by Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng
Просмотров 1506 лет назад
An Afropop piece with strong jazz influences, "I Like to Play", was composed by Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng. It features Obeng on drum set, Wes Brown on bass, and Taylor Ho Bynum on trumpet. For more music, subscribe to Nfewa at ruclips.net/channel/UCLBNZZJlEk6Dbnd4XkMfXmA. Full album: kwakukwaakyeobeng.bandcamp.com Artist Bio: www.brown.edu/academics/music/kwaku-kwaakye-martin-obeng Website: www.kwaku...
Harzard featuring Talking Drum - Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng
Просмотров 3086 лет назад
The hourglass-shaped talking drum (donno) from Ghana, West Africa is featured throughout this piece by master drummer Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng. "Harzard" comes from Obeng's album titled Africa's Moving Forward, available at kwakukwaakyeobeng.bandcamp.com. Musicians include Bill Lowe, Tomas Fujiwara, Dominic Kanza, Taylor Ho Bynum, and Wes Brown. Artist Bio: www.brown.edu/academics/music/kwaku-kwaaky...
Fella Funk - Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng and Band
Просмотров 1416 лет назад
Highlife, jazz, and traditional African sounds are interwoven in this tribute song to Nigerian Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti. "Fella Funk" was composed by Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng (hand drums and vocals) from the album Africa's Moving Forward. The track features the unique vocal sounds of Cameroonian singer and ethnomusicologist Gino Sitson, along with instrumental parts played by Taylor Ho Bynum, Wes...
Buggin Me - Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng and Band
Просмотров 1206 лет назад
Energetic, dance-like rhythms infuse this Afropop song with highlife and jazz influences. Check out the full album at kwakukwaakyeobeng.bandcamp.com. "Buggin Me" features Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng on hand drums and vocals, along with Dominic Kanza, Taylor Ho Bynum, Wes Brown, and Tomas Fujiwara. Artist Bio: www.brown.edu/academics/music/kwaku-kwaakye-martin-obeng Website: www.kwakukwaakyeobeng.org/ F...
Blue Monk Cover - Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng (Talking Drum)
Просмотров 1006 лет назад
Afro-jazz cover of Thelonius Monk's "Blue Monk" by Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng, Bill Lowe, and Taylor Ho Bynum from Obeng's album Africa's Moving Forward. Subscribe to Nfewa Music: ruclips.net/channel/UCLBNZZJlEk6Dbnd4XkMfXmA. Full album: kwakukwaakyeobeng.bandcamp.com Artist Bio: www.brown.edu/academics/music/kwaku-kwaakye-martin-obeng Website: www.kwakukwaakyeobeng.org/ Facebook: KwakuKw...
Lively Afropop Song - Africa by Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng
Просмотров 3476 лет назад
This is an extremely upbeat Afropop piece with many musical and rhythmic layers. Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng plays percussion (African hand drums) and sings in this composition from Africa's Moving Forward (see link below). The piece highlights great Jazz artists including Wes Brown, Dominic Kanza, Taylor Ho Bynum, Tomas Fujiwara, Bill Lowe, and Gino Sitson. You can subscribe to Nfewa Music at ruclips....
West African Highlife Drum Set Video
Просмотров 4626 лет назад
This highlife drum set video features a number of traditionally-inspired rhythms by Ghanaian master drummer Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng on his custom drum set. Listen to a demonstration of 4 drum set parts. The first accompanies the Akan Song Yaa Asantewaa. The last features the West African talking drum called donno. 00:00:00 - Rhythm 1 00:00:59 - Rhythm 2 00:01:58 - Rhythm 3 00:02:41 - Rhythm 4 Artis...
Randy Weston & Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng - Piano & Xylophone Improvisation
Просмотров 3126 лет назад
Jazz legend Randy Weston (piano) performs in this video with Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng on gyil (Ghanaian xylophone) in an exciting Afro-jazz improvisational duet. Weston was featured as guest artist for this event during the Brown University World Music Ensemble's concert in 2017. Subscribe to Nfewa Music at ruclips.net/channel/UCLBNZZJlEk6Dbnd4XkMfXmAfeatured. Artist Bio: www.brown.edu/academics/mus...
Talking Drum & Bass Duet - Essiet Okon Essiet & Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng
Просмотров 9336 лет назад
This highly-engaging Afro-Jazz duet features Essiet Okon Essiet on bass with Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng on Ghanaian talking drum (donno). Follow the slowly-unfolding and changing improvisation, and tonal variations of talking drum. This video comes from a performance of the World Music Ensemble at Brown University during 2018. Artist Bio: www.brown.edu/academics/music/kwaku-kwaakye-martin-obeng Album:...
African Popular Music Video - Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng at Wesleyan
Просмотров 3386 лет назад
Watch this rhythmically-complex African popular music piece from a performance at Wesleyan University by Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng's band. "Kid's Konko-Da" is upbeat and highly syncopated. It highlights Obeng's exceptional hand drumming. He is a Ghanaian master drummer, singer, dancer, composer, band leader, and educator originally from Ghana, and the composer of the piece. For more information, chec...
African & Afro-Cuban Drumming & Dance
Просмотров 1056 лет назад
Improvised African and Afro-Cuban music featuring Ghanaian master drummer Martin Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng on the West African talking drum (donno). The musicians accompany a solo dancer during a performance in New York City. Artist Bio: www.brown.edu/academics/music/kwaku-kwaakye-martin-obeng Latest Album: kwakukwaakyeobeng.bandcamp.com/album/africas-moving-forward Website: kwakukwaakyeobeng.org/ Fa...
Ghanaian Drumming Ensemble - Premiere Performance at Brown
Просмотров 3136 лет назад
The premiere performance of the Brown University Ghanaian drumming ensemble in 1989 led by Martin Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng. Two Ghanaian music genres are highlighted in this clip: Adenkum and Gahu, reflecting traditional Akan and Ewe music from West Africa. 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:01:46 - Adenkum 00:10:06 - Gahu Ensemble Info: www.brown.edu/academics/music/ensembles-and-lessons/ghanaian-drumming ...
Woooow this is exactly where I want to be
Konopelski Camp
:)
Can't wait to study from you at Brown university
Purely West African
Does this song have a name?
We want more of this😊
yes
I love it when all the performers are Africans.❤❤❤
That lead guy definitly is angling to metoo the pretty girl to his right
It's amazing how many of these native drummers are on You Tube. Equally amazing is the fact that they all sound virtually the same.
They sound the same because they /we are from the same source. The shared inheritance. Some societies inherit money and material goods, for Africans it's talent, values among other things, beautiful things including the noses lips, etc...
@@JaneCarr-tf7ro "beautiful things including the noses lips, etc..." Wow - pointing out the racial differences, are we? There was a time in the 1930s when Betty Boop cartoons used to emphasize African native characteristics. Then it became offensive. And now you are bringing back physical race differences. It would be helpful if certain ethnic groups would list all the things that are in fashion and those that are offensive.
Nice trolling; Sound the same? I guess if you have a very primitive sensibility regarding rhythm and melody. You could make the same case for classical music too but it would be pretty Ignorant to point that out, unless you’re trolling to be an ass
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J'aurais aimé voir dancer ça par un groupe mixte de danseurs ; merci tout de même
J’aime le tambour !
Sooooo scheisse ohne Ende arschloch
love it!!
🎵👍🎶🎼💚🇮🇳🧡🙏🌸
Thank you for putting this here for people to listen and watch
Thank you very much for watching!
Great to see my tribal music being played this way.
Great
Thank you!
Thanks for listening!
Fantastic blend of sounds. If you ask me I'll say the little arm pit drum is the portable iPad and the piano could be the computer.
Which was composed first? Fur Elise or Agbekor? Drum or Piano? Same music, different instruments!