King Bruce

b. 3 June 1922, Jamestown, Ghana, d. 12 Sept 1997. Bruce initial became thinking about music while learning accountancy in London in the past due 40s. He trained himself to try out the trumpet and tenor saxophone, and upon time for Ghana in 1951, he worked well like a civil servant by day time and used various highlife rings during the night. In 1952 he shaped his personal 20-piece music group, the Dark Beats. Playing an assortment of African, Latin American and jazz designs, they truly became Ghana’s most well-known music group, enjoying numerous strikes through the entire 50s. Carrying out a split inside the music group in 1961, the Dark Beats fulfilled with less achievement and Bruce quit playing music in 1967. Nevertheless, he subsequently handled several local rings and, pursuing his retirement through the civil assistance in 1977, worked well on your behalf of the Music artists Union. He was presented with a nationwide award for his ‘contribution to Ghanaian tradition’ in 1988 and resided long plenty of to start to see the launch of Golden Highlife Classics, a compilation of his strikes from the 50s and 60s.