What is Wally Badarou?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Wally Badarou | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Waliou Jacques Daniel Isheola Badarou | alias = | image = Wally Badarou Pop Montreal 2016.jpg | caption = Wally Badarou in 2016 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|3|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Paris]], [[France]] | death_date = | instrument = Keyboards, guitar | genre = [[Synthpop]], [[Pop music|pop]], [[jazz]], [[jazz fusion]], [[progressive rock]], [[African music]], [[Neoclassical (New Age)|neoclassical]], [[Minimalist music|minimalist]] | occupation = Composer, songwriter, musician, record producer | years_active = 1978–present | label = [[Barclay Records]] <small>(1978–1982)</small><br/>[[Island Records]] <small>(1982–1995)</small><br/>Blue Mountain Music <small>(1995–2002)</small><br/>Ishe Music <small>(2002 – present)</small> | associated_acts = [[Level 42]], [[Compass Point All Stars]] | website = http://www.wallybadarou.com/ | notable_instruments = }} '''Wally Badarou''' (born '''Waliou Jacques Daniel Isheola Badarou''', 22 March 1955, [[Paris]], [[France]]) is a [[musician]] from [[Benin]]. Badarou played with the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[band]] [[Level 42]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Morgan Roussel|title=Wally Badarou, the Prophet Speaks|url=http://www.level42.com/2008/01/30/wally-badarou-the-prophet-speaks%E2%80%A6/|accessdate=13 November 2012|archive-date=26 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926062839/http://www.level42.com/2008/01/30/wally-badarou-the-prophet-speaks%e2%80%a6/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Badarou helped organise the [[Kora All Africa Music Awards]] in 1997. He co-wrote and produced ''So Why'', a [[Charity (practice)|charity]] [[album]] for the [[International Committee of the Red Cross|ICRC]]. ==Discography== ===Solo=== *1979: ''Back to Scales Tonight'' *1984: ''Echoes'' *1985: