Gyedu-Blay Ambolley

Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
	Ghana, 1947 (run 78/79)
Country of citizenship	Ghana
Native language	Fante (en)
Education
Languages spoken, written or signed	English (en)
Occupation
Occupation	Ita/sɔna
Genre	Afrobeat (en)
Instrument	saxophone (en)

Gyedu-Blay Ambolley de la Gaana highlife banbaana bii yunyuuna, de gulesera yuuma, de me kelum maala amiŋa a yuuma. A de la mina n de wia daana Gaana tiŋa puan la tingɔŋɔ wa za’a puan ti a dikɛ a baamkabelɛ (rap) yima yima pa’asɛ buuri yuuma baaŋɔ puan, dee Ambolley n le pɔsɛ tari yuuma buuri la n de Simigwa^[1] la wa'am.

A nu’o tuuma

San dagena west Africa duma ma’a dee tinsi zo’e zo’e daa ka mi Gyedu-Blay Ambolley yuuma wa bala ta paɛ n daa ta pɔsɛ Soundway Records la “seminal Simigwa-Do^[1], yuuma wa ti Ambolley yuum ŋmɛ yuuma la biŋe peelum 1973 yuunɛ la puan, ti ba yuum ppɔsɛ tigese yeletuulesum duma, Ghana Soundz^[2]. Ambolley's yuuma la yuum basɛ ti nɛreba basɛba yuum ppɔsɛ wi’ira e hiplife duma yunyuuneba sɔ, mina n tari hip hop yuuma la highlife^[3] baanyɛlega daana. Ambolley yuum lagum la AL Threats bɔna Playboy Jazz nyiima kibesi n yuun boi Los Angeles tiŋa puan. A "Simigua-do" yuunɛ la ti ba yuun dikɛ ti la dɛna Gaana yuunɛ wia daana ti solemiine baaŋa bɔna di puan tiŋa wa za’a puan, ti a yuum biŋe e peelum 1973 yuunɛ la puan. Ambolley, Sammy Lartey la Ebo Taylor n yuum de nɛresɛba fii n yuum tari a beere putikeko bɔ'ɔra high-life yuuma 60s yuuma la ba'asegɔ puan ta paɛ 70s yuuma la pɔsega puan, de yuum suŋɛ lagum tara high-life, funk la jazz^[4] ^[5]yuuma buuri lagum baana.

N tum sɛla

Siibedaa ŋmarega la, 2015 yuunɛ la puan ti Ambolley yuum to'e ‘citation' US tiŋa puan ze’ele Philadelphia^[6] tiŋa nɛŋa duma zi’an, ti ‘Honorable' Jannie Blackwell la Hon. Stanley J. Staughter yuum kãalɛ wɔ’ɔrɛ la pa’alɛ n tum de me suŋɛ Gaana tiŋa yuuma weleŋo n boi US tiŋa puan

A wɔ'ɔrɛ duma

· Most Consistent Artist — Ghana (1980)^[7]

· Album and Song of the Year — Ghana (1990)^[7]

· Trend Music Awards — Ivory Coast (1997)^[7]

· Africa-American History Award — MWEPC, Los Angeles, CA (2001)^[7]

· Afrikan Music Award — Los Angeles, CA (2002)^[7]

· Malcolm X Music Festival Award — Los Angeles, CA (2002)^[7]

· Lifetime Achievement Award — The Jazz at Drew from Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA (2003)^[8]

· Congressional, Gubernatorial Certificate of Special Recognition — Congresswoman Juanita Millinder McDonald (2003)^[9]

· Best World Beat Recombinant Artist 2003 & Best World Beat Recombinant Artist 2003 L.A. Weekly nominated Ambolley for Best World Beat Recombnt Artist in 2003^[10] and 2004^[11]

Viisegɔ lɔgerɔ

[:0-1] 1 2 http://www.theafricandream.net/gyedu-blay-ambolley-talks-highlife/

[2] ttps://soundwayrecords.com/release/156146-various-artists-ghana-soundz-afro-beat-funk-fusion-in-70s-ghana

[3] ttp://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/gyedu-blay-ambolley-living-the-highlife

[4] ttps://www.allaboutjazz.com/west-africa-blay-ambolley-by-aaj-staff.php

[5] ttps://www.modernghana.com/music/8768/ambolley-releases-hi-life-jazz.html

[6] ttp://www.theafricandream.net/ambolley-attends-odunde/

[:1-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 http://www.peacefmonline.com/tools/printnews/news.php?contentid=45850

[8] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20170210214248/http://groovesharks.org/artist/Gyedu%20Blay%20Ambolley

[9] ttp://radioafrika.over-blog.com/2014/04/femua-2014-gyedu-blay-ambolley.html

[10] ttp://www.laweekly.com/music/la-weekly-music-awards-2003-2136440

[11] ttp://www.laweekly.com/music/lawma-2004-2138312

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]