Neribalankina - Musik

Azongo Nyaaba Also Known As Captain Yaba Was From The Frafra Ethnic Group And Was Born In Bolgatanga In The Upper East Region Of Ghana In The Late 1960s. In 1972 When He Was Still A Small Child He Began Playing The Local Two-Stringed Lute Or Banjo Known As The Koliko. He Came To Accra The Capital Of Ghana In The Mid 1980s As A Member Of A Northern Cultural Group Invited By Mac Tonto Of Osibisa Fame And Took On The Stage Name Captain Yaba. He Subsequently Settled In Accra Staying With Some Of His Relatives In The Mamobi District. He Teamed Up To Play In Various Accra Venues With Joseph Kobam Who Taught The Northern Ghanaian Xylophone At The University Of Ghana At Legon. In 1987 Captain Yaba Joined Up With The Afro-Jazz Combo Of Jimmy Beckley That Was Based At Jimmy's Jazz Club In Tesano Accra. As A Member Of This Group For Over 10 Years He Played At Many Of Accra's Top Hotels Such As The Shangri-La Golden Tulip Novotel And Labadi Beach Hotel. Captain Yaba Made His First Recording In 1989 For The Ghanaian-Lebanese Producer Faisal Helwani At The Black Note Studio In Kanda Accra. That Cassette-Only Release Was Followed By Another Album Tinanure Released On Both CD And Cassette Recorded At The ARC Studios In Tema And Produced By The Celebrated Sierra Leonean Musician Francis Fuster Whose Band Ninkribi Backed Captain Yaba. In The Mid 1990s Captain Yaba Toured The UK And France For Six Months With Ninkribi. When He Returned To Ghana He Continued To Play With Jimmy's Jazz Combo But He Fell Sick In 2000. After A Protracted Illness He Died Of Tuberculosis At Korle Bu Hospital In Accra In April 2001. He Was Only In His Early Thirties. read less