Remi Kabaka

For his son, see Remi Kabaka Jr.

Remi Kabaka
Born	Remi Kabaka Sr. (1945-03-27) 27 March 1945 Kano, Nigeria
Occupation	Drummer
Years active	1973–present
Spouse	Bala Malan-Kabaka (1969-)
Children	Remi Kabaka Jr.
Musical career
Genres	Jazz

Remi Kabaka Sr. is an Afro-rock avant-garde drummer, who laid the initial drum patterns that created the Afro-rock sounds in bands such as Ginger Baker's Airforce, The Rolling Stones, Steve Winwood's Traffic, and Paul McCartney's Band on the Run. He continued to work with Winwood, Paul McCartney, and Mick Jagger throughout the 1970s. He also worked with John Martyn, Hugh Masekela, on Rhythm of the Saints by Paul Simon, and Short Cut Draw Blood by Jim Capaldi. He was also an important figure in the 1970s afro-jazz scene, composing the music to the film Black Goddess.

Discography

• 1973: Aiye-Keta (with Steve Winwood and Abdul Lasisi Amao, as Third World)
• 1980: Roots Funkadelia (Polydor)
• 1983: Great Nation (R.A.K.)
• 2020: Mystic Souls appears as a guest with The Jazz Messiahs track #4, #5, #6, #7, #8) (Soulitude Records) JM S-1205-2 url=https://www.soulituderecords.com/the-jazz-messiahs