Cab Kaye Cab Kaye Nii-lante Augustus Kwamlah Quaye (3 September 1921 – 13 March 2000), known professionally as Cab Kaye, was an English jazz singer and pianist of Ghanaian descent. He combined blues, stride piano, and scat with his Ghanaian heritage. Cab Kaye, also known as Cab Quay, Cab Quaye and Kwamlah Quaye, was born on St. Giles High Street in Camden, London to a musical family. His Ghanaian great-grandfather was an asafo warrior drummer and his grandfather, Henry Quaye, was an organist for the Methodist Mission church in the former Gold Coast, now called Ghana. Cab's mother, Doris Balderson, sang in
Illegal taxicab operation as "kabu kabu". In Hong Kong, illegal cabs are usually referred to as "white card", due to the different licence plate appearance between commercial and non-commercial vehicles. In Malaysia, illegal taxicabs are called "prebet sapu" (sweep privates). In Mexico, illegal taxicabs are called "taxi pirata" (pirate taxi). In Norway and Denmark, an illegal cab is called "pirattaxi" (pirate taxi). In Sweden, an illegal taxicab is called "svarttaxi" (black taxi), and is short for black market taxi. In Trinidad and Tobago, illegal taxis are referred to as ""PH" cars". This is because of the coding used on licence plates to distinguish