{"id":128,"date":"2013-08-03T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.batukimusic.com\/?p=128"},"modified":"2020-06-07T02:40:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T02:40:18","slug":"ackah-solomon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/eventscat\/concerts\/ackah-solomon\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewel Ackah \/ Adam Solomon Trio: Aug 29, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 700px;\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Batuki Music Society presents<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">a Back-To-School Special <em>Double Bill<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Highlife legend<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a91d0e;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">JEWEL ACKAH<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00ab\u00a0The Professor\u00a0\u00bb<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a91d0e;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21pt;\">ADAM SOLOMON TRIO<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right; width: 350px;\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Thursday, AUGUST 29, 2013<br \/>\nentry 7:00 PM | show 8:30 PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #a91d0e;\">online ADV $10<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> | door $15<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; width: 350px;\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #a91d0e;\">\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"Directions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lula.ca\/lula-lounge\/directions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lula Lounge<\/a> 1585 Dundas St W, Toronto<br \/>\n<em>reserve for dinner to guarantee seating *<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 50px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.batukimusic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/icon-reserve-150x55-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1334\" src=\"http:\/\/www.batukimusic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/icon-reserve-150x55-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.5pt;\">* Please note: <em>a dinner reservation does not &lsquo;reserve&rsquo; a ticket at the advance price.<\/em> Please purchase online separately.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/tickets-external?eid=7737337585&amp;ref=etckt&amp;v=2\" width=\"100%\" height=\"214\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"5\" marginheight=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.batukimusic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/jewel-afrofest-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1336\" src=\"http:\/\/www.batukimusic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/jewel-afrofest-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/jewel-afrofest-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/jewel-afrofest-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/jewel-afrofest-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/jewel-afrofest-1.jpg 868w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #a91d0e;\">JEWEL ACKAH<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, who hails from Ghana\u2019s western Nzima region, began his career with <strong>C.K Mann<\/strong>\u2019s group in 1967 and then moved on to a succession of bands: <strong>Ebo Taylor and the Railway Band<\/strong>, the <strong>El Dorados<\/strong> (of the Aboso Glass Factory) and the <strong>Lantics<\/strong>, the resident band of the Atlantic Hotel in Takoradi. In 1973 he joined <strong>A.B. Crentsil<\/strong>\u2019s Sweet Talks, in Tema, and then in 1985-6, the <strong>Talkatives<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Jewel formed his own <strong>Butterfly Six<\/strong> in 1988 and signed up with the local Megastar label in 1995. Later Jewel began releasing gospel albums such as <em>\u2018Me Su Fre Wo\u2019<\/em> in 1994 and <em>\u2018Ahwereshow\u2019<\/em> in 1995.\u00a0Over the years he has released twenty albums.<span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #a91d0e;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">source: John Collins <a title=\"Highlife Time\" href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/Highlife_Time.html?id=RtnOAAAACAAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Highlife Time<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>backing Jewel are members of Toronto&rsquo;s own champion of Highlife, <a title=\"Afrafranto\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=50&amp;Itemid=56\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Afrafranto<\/a>, including his son, Kofi Ackah.<\/p>\n<p>pictured left: at Afrofest in Toronto, July 2013.<br \/>\n(photo: Bill Gordon)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">opening: African Blues and Jazz&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #a91d0e;\">The ADAM SOLOMON TRIO<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">features Adam Solomon on guitar and vocals, bassist Conrad Henderson and Phil Caffery on drums.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00ab\u00a0The Professor\u00a0\u00bb Adam Solomon performs as a blues soloist as well as with his band Tikisa, creating a unique sound that combines traditional and modern coastal East African rhythms, fiesta, rumba, soukous, makossa and highlife music. He has released three CDs, Safari, Mti Wa Maisha and Rocket Express II: African Renaissance Blues. Adam Solomon is also a member of the Juno award-winning African Guitar Summit.<\/p>\n<p>Conrad Henderson, a music educator from Melbourne Australia, plays acoustic and electric bass. He is adept in many styles including jazz, Latin, African, Caribbean, R&rsquo;nB and funk.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Caffery is new to Toronto, moving from Providence, Rhode Island, where he taught drums and performed regularly in clubs throughout New England. He was trained in jazz and performed in concert bands and in pit orchestras for numerous theater productions.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.batukimusic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/trio-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1337\" src=\"http:\/\/www.batukimusic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/trio-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/trio-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/trio-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/trio-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/trio-1.jpg 843w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Batuki Music Society gratefully acknowledges the support of <a title=\"Canadian Heritage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pch.gc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canadian Heritage<\/a> and the <a title=\"OAC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arts.on.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ontario Arts Council<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Batuki Music Society presentsa Back-To-School Special Double Bill Highlife legend JEWEL ACKAH \u00ab\u00a0The Professor\u00a0\u00bb ADAM SOLOMON TRIO Thursday, AUGUST 29, 2013 entry 7:00 PM | show 8:30 PMonline ADV $10 | door $15 \u00a0Lula Lounge &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2013-events","category-concerts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3306,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions\/3306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}