WARREN, GUY

WARREN, GUY. Jazz drummer (c1919 in Lagos [?], Ghana). He obtained his musical training at Achimota College in Ghana, where he came under the tutelage of Ephraim Amu . He was the first African to host a disc-jockey program. He introduced the concept to the Liberian Broadcasting Service and to the Ghana Broadcasting Service. In 1947 he was an original member of The Tempos, directed by Emmanuel Tetteh Mensah . This was the first band in Africa to use Afro-Cuban drums. During the...