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Babá Ken Okulolo

  • Skill Category: Instrumentalists
  • Present Address: Oakland, California
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Phone: 510.778.1885
  • Email: kaokulolo@aol.com
  • Website: http://babaken.com/
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Biography

Babá Ken Okulolo (born September 12, 1950) is a Nigerian bassist and bandleader who was first seen in the U.S. in 1985 with King Sunny Ade’s world-touring band. He has played with renowned Afrobeat creator Fela Anikulapo Kuti, highlife master Victor Olaiya, and was a founder of the Afro-rock group Monomono in the 1970s. Now based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he leads four bands that represent his various musical specialties: Kotoja (an international Afro-funk band); the Nigerian Brothers (traditional folk music); the West African Highlife Band (highlife hits of yesteryear); and the Afro-Beat Connexion (modern Afrobeat collaboration with other African and American musicians).[1] Babá Ken has also headlined such venues as Lincoln Center, The Fillmore, The Warfield, LACMA, the Oakland Coliseum, Yoshi’s, The Greek Theater, and the Great American Music Hall.

News / Ranking / Titbits / Awards

His contributions include, 1971 – Monomono – Adele (E.M.I Nigeria Ltd), 1972 – Monomono – Give a Beggar a Chance (E.M.I Nigeria Ltd), 1973 – Monomono – Dawn of Awareness (E.M.I Nigeria Ltd), 1978 – Emma Dorgu We Need Freedom (E.M.I Nigeria Ltd), 1979 – Tee Mac Collections Wake Up (E.M.I Nigeria Ltd), 1983 – Orlando Julius Ekemode Dance Afro-Beat (Afrobeat Recordings Inc.), 1995 – King Sunny Ade E Dide/Get Up (Mesa/Blue Moon Recordings), 1996 – Bata Ketu Bata Ketu (Bembé Records), 1998 – Chalo Eduardo “Samba Nova” (Carnaval Records), 1998 – King Sunny Ade Odu (Atlantic/Mesa Recordings), 2003 – Kelly Takunda Orphan “Give It to the People” (All of One Records), 2016 – Santana IV “Freedom in Your Mind” (Santana IV Records).

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