Ebe Gilkes Quartet

[2] Other members: In the 1950s, low wages for jazz musicians led to many Barbadians immigrating abroad to Canada, US, or the UK.

Through the 1960s and 1970s, support for jazz was mainly by foreign tourists, and he played in venues such as the Blue Water Beach Hotel and freelanced in other hotels, playing music for dance and floorshows.

In 1989, the After Dark Club was opened and featured nightly performances by the Ebe Gilkes Trio.

[2] Ebe Gilkes was honored in 2012 at the Naniki Caribbean Jazz Safari by two Barbadian chief justices; David Simmons and Marston Gibson.

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