Toby Foyeh and Orchestra Africa (Band)

Biography:

Toby Foyeh and Orchestra Africa music is a fresh and original performance of modern and traditional West African Yoruba Music, Highlife, Afrobeat fused with Jazz Pop and other Western Styles with dancers.

Toby Foyeh was born in London, United Kingdom of Nigerian parents and is based in the United States. He started playing music from an early age in Nigeria paying his dues through school bands in Ibadan and Lagos, as well as while studying in the United States. A band he formed with some high school friends went on to tour America as Hugh Masekela's Ojah band. Although basically a self taught musician, he studied music at Berklee College of Music, Boston and Howard University, Washington DC where he also got a film directing degree.

Toby Foyeh composes, arranges, produces the band's music and sings with his backing female singer-dancers. Orchestra Africa features traditional African instruments such as Gangan (Yoruba Talking Drum), Bata drums, Assorted Percussion Instruments, Flute, Guitars, Keyboards, Synthesizers, male lead and female lead and chorus vocals. The band's percussion breaks sometimes feel like a Drum Orchestra from the polyrhythms and counter rhythms played by the percussionists. The main featured instruments are the guitar and flute played by multi-instrumentalist Toby Foyeh serve as highlights for individual songs. The lead guitar is treated with the calculated virtuosity, speed and technique of a skilled jazz guitarist interpreting the traditional and contemporary music of Africa. The female singer-dancers in African costumes add a spice of traditional Africa in their call and response style of chorus singing, with improvised African dances.

The band’s constant world wide tours has taken them to Japan where they performed at the Fuji Rock Festival in 2006, the Canada–Montreal Jazz Festival, Toronto Jazz Festival (three times), Malta Jazz Festival, Bahamas Jazz Festival, Jamaica Ocho Rios Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, Syracuse Jazz Festival, DC Jazz Festival, Calgary Jazz Festival, Vancouver Jazz Festival and more. The band has performed at over 120 Universities in the United States plus in Canada, Caribbean, Japan and Europe. They have also played at performing arts centers including the Kennedy Center and Cerritos Center.

Website: http://tobyfoyeh.com/

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