Biography
ELLA ANDALL has worked consistently over the past four decades to establish herself as an artiste of international stature. Considered by many as a Caribbean Queen of Song – a chantuelle supreme, a high priestess of African-Caribbean music, Ella’s journey is one of power and potency.
Her music explores the fundamental rhythms and chants of Orisa traditions in the Caribbean. Drum and powerful vocals create a tapestry for all persons who interact with the music, creating powerful emotions of love and rapture. Energetic, dynamic, majestic and magical, creating interest and joie de vivre, wherever she and the band perform - Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, London, Connecticut, Italy, Suriname, Canada, New York.
She has performed alongside artistes such as Baaba Maal, Nitin Sawhney, Tito Puente, Hugh Masekela, Andre Tanker, Ravi Shankar at the World Beat Music Festival in Trinidad in 1999 and was the opening act for the World Music Festival in St. Lucia in 2005. She has also performed for the Dalai Lama, President of Nigeria, Winnie Mandela, Iyanla Vanzant and the Oni of Ife and shared the stage with Miriam Makeba in 2006 in Trinidad and Tobago.
Her dramatic and dynamic presence on stage, the intense energy radiating, the majesty, the magic, have all contributed to the power that is Ella Andall. Her journey into the theatre has brought her acclaim in the musical “Carnival Messiah” (West Yorkshire Playhouse, UK) and the lead role in “Yaa Asantewaa Warrior Queen “ Royal Festival Hall, London) which played in both England and Ghana. She was also the musical director and lead chantuelle in the production of “Sango de Imo” (The University of the West Indies, Centre for Creative and Festival Arts, St. Augustine, Trinidad).
She continues to perform, her voice ringing out with pride, dignity and power for all the world.
Instrumentation
Ella Andall - Lead Vocalist
Julie - Backing Vocalist
Lauren - Backing Vocalist
Sheldeane - Backing Vocalist
Kurtis - Drummer/Backing Vocalist
Everald - Drummer
Jegbe - Drummner/Backing Vocalist
Anthony - Guitar
Russell - Bass Guitar
Winston - Drum Kit
Michael - Key boards
Christella - Keyboards/Backing Vocalist
Given the nature of the performance, members of the performing act may vary.
Discography
1973 - Waiting for You
1975 - Love in The Caribbean
1982 - Black Woman
1998 - Oriki Ogun
1999 - Bring Down The Power
2001 - Awake
2003 - Spirit Dancer
2003 - Sango Ba Ba Wa
2007 - Moforibale Esu
2008 - Osun Bamise
Links
| http://www.ellaandall.com |