Wally Badarou
Wally Badarou (born Waliou Jacques Daniel Isheola Badarou, 22 March 1955, Paris, France) is a musician from Benin. Badarou played with the British band Level 42.[1]
Wally Badarou | |
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 Wally Badarou in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Waliou Jacques Daniel Isheola Badarou |
| Born | 22 March 1955 Paris, France |
| Genres | Synthpop, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, progressive rock, African music, neoclassical, minimalist |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, songwriter, musician, record producer |
| Instruments | Keyboards, guitar |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Labels | Barclay Records (1978–1982) Island Records (1982–1995) Blue Mountain Music (1995–2002) Ishe Music (2002 – present) |
| Associated acts | Level 42, Compass Point All Stars |
| Website | http://www.wallybadarou.com/ |
Badarou helped organise the Kora All Africa Music Awards in 1997. He co-wrote and produced So Why, a charity album for the ICRC.
Discography
Solo
- 1979: Back to Scales Tonight
- 1984: Echoes
- 1985: Chief Inspector (EP)
- 1989: Words of a Mountain
- 1997: So Why
- 2001: Colors of Silence : Musical poetry for Yoga
- 2009: The Unnamed Trilogy
Movie scores
- 1981: Dickie Jobson: Countryman
- 1982: Nathalie Delon & Yves Deschamps: They Called It an Accident
- 1985: Hector Babenco: Kiss Of The SpiderWoman (additional music)
- 1991: Lol Creme: The Lunatic
- 1997: Idrissa Ouedraogo: Kini & Adams
- 1997: Don Letts & Rick Elgood: DanceHall Queen
- 1999: Chris Browne: Third World Cop
- 2000: John Berry: Boesman & Lena
Producer (and co-producer)
- 1979: Janic Prévost - J'veux d'la Tendresse
- 1981: Alain Chamfort - Amour Année Zéro
- 1983: Marianne Faithfull - A Child's Adventure (& co-writer)
- 1985: Level 42 - World Machine (& co-writer)
- 1986: Alain Chamfort - Tendres Fièvres (& co-writer)
- 1986: Fela Ransome Kuti - Teacher Don't Teach Me NonSense
- 1987: Level 42 - Running in the Family (& co-writer)
- 1988: Level 42 - Staring at the Sun (& co-writer)
- 1990: Level 42 - Guaranteed (& co-writer)
- 1993: Level 42 - Forever Now (& co-writer)
- 1995: Salif Keita - Folon
- 1996: Carlinhos Brown - AlfaGamaBetizado
- 1998: Yannick Noah & Zam Zam - Zam Zam
- 1998: Wasis Diop - Toxu
- 2000: Trilok Gurtu -The Beat Of Love (& co-writer)
- 2001: i Muvrini - Umani
References
- ↑ Morgan Roussel. "Wally Badarou, the Prophet Speaks". Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2012.