In 1996 Kwame recorded his debut CD, "Ancestors". " 'Ancestors' embodies what Kwame Wood is all about. It pays homage not only to the relevance of history and the way it affects the present, but epitomizes that life is an activity, not a receptivity; a doing of things spontaneous to the social instinct of humans. Through his lustrous, sultry, and oft charming voice, Kwame Wood's 'Ancestors' criss-crosses from ragtime to avante-guarde in an arrangement superbly orchestrated and mastered beautifully. With a sure command of roulades, an almost perfect trill and dicey intonations replete with sustaining percussions, Kwame has lifted African style reggae to a higher height." Kojo Okai Davis