Waliou Jacques Daniel Isheola "Wally" Badarou (Parijs, 22 maart 1955) is een Franse muzikant van Beninese afkomst. Hij is vooral bekend vanwege zijn nauwe samenwerking met Level 42 en zijn betrokkenheid bij enkele andere new wave groepen. Hij was een tijdlang toetsenist in het orkest van Will Tura.
Discografie Solo 1979: Back to Scales Tonight 1984: Echoes 1985: Chief Inspector (EP) 1989: Words of a Mountain 1997: So Why 2001: Colors of Silence : Musical poetry for Yoga 2009: The Unnamed Trilogy
Filmmuziek 1981: Dickie Jobson: Countryman 1982: Nathalie Delon & Yves Deschamps: They Called It an Accident 1985: Héctor Babenco: Kiss of the SpiderWoman (additional music) 1991: Lol Creme: The Lunatic 1997: Idrissa Ouédraogo: Kini & Adams 1997: Don Letts & Rick Elgood: DanceHall Queen 1999: Chris Browne: Third World Cop 2000: John Berry: Boesman & Lena
Producer (en co-producer) 1979: Janic Prévost – J'veux d'la Tendresse 1981: Alain Chamfort – Amour Année Zéro 1983: Marianne Faithfull – A Child's Adventure (& co-writer) 1985: Level 42 – World Machine (& co-writer) 1986: Alain Chamfort – Tendres Fièvres (& co-writer) 1986: Fela Kuti – Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense 1987: Level 42 – Running in the Family (& co-schrijver) 1988: Level 42 – Staring at the Sun (& co-schrijver) 1990: Level 42 – Guaranteed (& co-schrijver) 1993: Level 42 – Forever Now (& co-schrijver) 1995: Salif Keita – Folon 1996: Carlinhos Brown – AlfaGamaBetizado 1998: Yannick Noah & Zam Zam – Zam Zam 1998: Wasis Diop – Toxu 2000: Trilok Gurtu -The Beat of Love (& co-writer) 2001: i Muvrini – Umani
Sessiemuzikant 1979: M – "Pop Muzik" 1979: Myriam Makeba – Comme une symphonie d'amour 1980: Bernie Lyon – Bernie Lyon 1980: Grace Jones – Warm Leatherette 1980: Grace Jones – Nightclubbing 1980: M – The Official Secrets Act 1980: Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Mambo Nassau 1980: Level 42 – The Early Tapes (& co-schrijver) 1981: Level 42 – Level 42 (& co-schrijver) 1981: Bernie Lyon – I'm Living in the Sunshine 1981: Gibson Brothers – Quartier Latin 1981: Barry Reynolds – I Scare Myself 1981: Jimmy Cliff – Give the People What They Want 1981: Will Tura – Tura 81 1981: Johan Verminnen - Ik voel me goed 1982: Charlélie Couture – Pochette Surprise 1982: Joe Cocker – Sheffield Steel 1982: Black Uhuru – Chill Out 1982: Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse 1982: Grace Jones – Living My Life 1982: Gwen Guthrie – Gwen Guthrie 1982: Robin Scott & Shikisha – Jive Shikisha ! 1982: Level 42 – The Pursuit of Accidents (& co-schrijver) 1983: Level 42 – Standing in the Light (& co-schrijver) 1983: Talking Heads – Speaking in Tongues 1983: Tom-Tom Club – Close to the Bone 1984: Level 42 – True Colours (& co-schrijver) 1984: Foreigner – Agent Provocateur 1985: Mick Jagger – She's the Boss 1985: Power Station – Some Like It Hot 1985: Gwen Guthrie – Just For You 1985: Level 42 – World Machine 1985: Sly & Robbie – Language Barrier 1985: Robert Palmer – Riptide 1988: Manu Dibango – Electric Africa 1988: Melissa Etheridge – Melissa Etheridge 1988: Talking Heads – Naked 1988: Julio Iglesias – Libra 1994: Power Station – Living in Fear 2008: Grace Jones – Hurricane 2009: Phil Gould – Watertight
Externe links website www.cosmicdisco.co.uk 'The Prophet Speaks' Interview Wally Badarou RBMA video lecture session
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