Dr. Kwasi Ampene leads CU students and friends in the 9th annual Highlife Concert, featuring the rich musical traditions and dance of the Akan of Ghana. Who says faculty of the CU’s College of Music can’t celebrate in song and dance? Photos by .
, the scheduled headliner for Friday’s West African Highlife Ensemble concert at CU-Boulder’s , had to return to South Africa unexpectedly last week to attend his grandmother’s funeral. That didn’t stop the Ensemble and fill-in headliner (of Grammy-winners Béla Fleck and the Flecktones) from showing off their stuff, whether in African song and dance or Wooten’s staggering array of fingerboard skills while playing what seemed like four ten-minute songs.
Check out Reverb contributing photographer photo essay of the evening below.
VICTOR WOOTEN
WEST AFRICAN HIGHLIFE ENSEMBLE
is a Denver freelance photographer and regular contributor to Reverb.
