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Highlife

Highlife is a Ghanaian music genre that originated along the coastal cities of present-day Ghana in the 19th century, during its history as a colony of the British and through its trade routes in coastal areas. It encompasses multiple local fusions of African metre and western jazz melodies. It uses the melodic and main rhythmic structures of traditional…

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Cultural origins
1870s, Gold Coast, British West Africa (modern-day Ghana)
Derivative forms
Makossa · Afrobeat · Hiplife
Stylistic origins
Palm-wine music · Akan music · Akan folklore · other African music genres

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Jazz in Ghana

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Highlife

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Avg. degree1.97
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related to Dance and guitar band highlife · 29
Highlife → Accra Orchestra, African, Amponsah Parts, Cape Coast Sugar Babies, Fante, From, Gambia, Ghanaian, II, In, In June, Jacob Asare, Jacob Sam, Jazz Kings, John Collins, Kumasi Trio, Kwame Asare, Liberia, London, Mensah's
related to 1950s · 23
Highlife → Accra, Africa, Africa Speaks, African, African-American, Afro-American, Ahmad Jamal, America, America Answers, Armstrong's All Stars, Chicago, Duke Ellington, Edmond Hall, From, Ghana, Guy Warren, Kofi Ghanaba, Louis Armstrong, Mensah, Red Saunders
related to Further reading · 21
Highlife → Abuja, Anansesem, Cassava Republic Press, Collins, Colorado, DC, Highlife Giants, ISBN, John, Mensah King, Music Makers, Nigeria, Passeggiata Press, Philadelphia, Pioneers, Temple University Press, Three Continents Press, Washington, West Africa, West African Dance Band
related to Musical examples · 15
Highlife → Bobby Benson, Craig Harris, F-Stops, Guitarist Sonny Sharrock, Guy Warren, High Life, Kofi Ghanaba, Love, Mystery, Niger Mambo, Pianist Randy Weston, Rejoice, Saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, Source, West African
related to Brass-band highlife · 7
Highlife → After, European, New Orleans, The, This, West Africa, West Indian
related to history · 5
Highlife → Afro-Cuban, Cuba, Ghana, The, West Africa
Stylistic origins · 4
Highlife → Akan folklore, Akan music, other African music genres, Palm-wine music
Derivative forms · 3
Highlife → Afrobeat, Hiplife, Makossa
related to The Ghanaian diaspora · 3
Highlife → Economic, Germany, Ghanaians
see also · 2
Highlife → Forms, Ghanaian

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music african west band musicians ghana ghanaian guitar played genre jazz also africa would style dance called mensah western bands

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HighlifeCultural origins1870s, Gold Coast, British West Africa (modern-day Ghana)1.00infobox
HighlifeDerivative formsMakossa1.00infobox
HighlifeDerivative formsAfrobeat1.00infobox
HighlifeDerivative formsHiplife1.00infobox
HighlifeStylistic originsPalm-wine music1.00infobox
HighlifeStylistic originsAkan music1.00infobox
HighlifeStylistic originsAkan folklore1.00infobox
HighlifeStylistic originsother African music genres1.00infobox
Highlifeis aGhanaian music genre that originated along the coastal cities of present-day Ghana in the 19th century0.90text
Red Saunders to record the album Africa Speaksinstance ofMensah and the Tempos before moving to America and working with musicians0.80text
America Answersinstance ofMensah and the Tempos before moving to America and working with musicians0.80text
as well as playing with Duke Ellington in Chicago for a short timeinstance ofMensah and the Tempos before moving to America and working with musicians0.80text

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