Paa Kow

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Elliot Siff

Paa Kow, a cymbal and drumsticks.

Paa Kow

A native of Ghana, Paa Kow began playing at a very young age with a professional band led by his uncle and including his mother. While still a teen his drumming was noticed by pop star Amakye Dede, leading to tours with Dede and others in Africa and Europe; a chance meeting with a student from the U.S. led to friendship and a guest artist/teaching invitation at the University of Colorado Boulder. It was there that Paa Kow began developing the fusion of Ghanian highlife with jazz and other styles that is his trademark sound today. It’s a joyous and highly danceable blend of cultures.

media release: "Ghana's most artistic drummer." - Modern Ghana

"Paa Kow has taken the world music of his native Ghana, and tossed it into a basket with heaps of American influences to create an album that the great purveyors of world music - the Paul Simon's and the Bela Fleck's of the world - would envy." - Marquee Magazine

“Take the beat of Ghana’s traditional sound, add some American flavor, and mix it with Paa Kow’s stellar drumming chops. That is the musical recipe for a flavoursome sound." - Soul Safari

“The drumming makes the music such a captivating and bewitching listen, and that’ll make you want to dance along to the infectious rhythms.  This is proper fusion music." - Louder Than War

Paa Kow - drum set, lead vocal; Jeff Pierre - percussion; Peyton Shuffield - percussion; Tom Ogunribido - bass; Jonnie Cohen - guitar; Max Moore - keyboards; Brad Goode - trumpet; Adam Gang - sax.