Aged Ghanaian musician Ebo Taylor, a towering pick in highlife and Afrobeat track and a collaborator of Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, has died at the age of 90.

Taylor passed away on Saturday, February 7, 2026, at Saltpond Scientific institution in Ghana’s Central Region, the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) launched. His loss of life got here factual one day after launching the inaugural Ebo Taylor Song Festival and precisely one month after his 90th birthday.

In a tribute shared on social media by his family, they wrote:

“The world has lost a giant. A colossus of African track. Ebo Taylor passed away the day before this day; a day after the launch of Ebo Taylor Song Festival and precisely a month after his 90th birthday, leaving slack an unmatched artistry legacy. @ebo.taylor your light will not ever move.”

Born Deroy Taylor on January 6, 1936, in Cape Crawl, Ghana, Ebo Taylor’s musical profession spanned bigger than six decades. He first rose to prominence within the unhurried 1950s and early 1960s and salvage change into known for mixing veteran Ghanaian highlife with jazz, funk, soul, and early Afrobeat influences.

Taylor’s early work included main bands love the Stargazers and the Broadway Dance Band sooner than taking his neighborhood to London in 1962, the place he collaborated with Fela Kuti and other African musicians all over a formative period for Afrobeat.

His impact endured as every a composer and producer, crafting track for main Ghanaian artists and helping shape the West African sound that influenced later generations. Within the twenty first century, his track stumbled on renewed world attention through world samples, including artists in hiphop and R&B.

MUSIGA’s president and fans across Ghana and the arena salvage mourned Taylor’s passing, celebrating him as one in all Africa’s most influential musical figures whose legacy helped elevate Ghanaian track on the realm stage.