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
Cab Kaye Special" on 1 March 1958 (season 1, episode 57). In 1959 he joined the ensemble of Humphrey Lyttelton in London, which led to the recording of the album "Humph Meets Cab" (March 1960), with his characteristic witty vocals on pieces such as "Let Love Lie Sleeping". The "Manchester Evening News" announced on 25 August 1960 that the next day's BBC TV "Jazz Session" was to feature the Dill Quintet, the Bob Wallis Storyville Jazzmen, and singer Cab Kaye. In the same year Kaye came ninth in "Melody Maker"'s Jazz Poll. On 6 March 1957, the Gold Coast became Ghana -