Tag: Jali Bakary Konte

• Balimaya Project’s new LP ‘When The Dust Settles’ is out today – dealing with death, fatherhood, migration and survival – via New Soil and Jazz re:freshed

  

  Powerhouse mandé jazz ensemble Balimaya Project release their second album When The Dust Settles today – via New Soil in partnership with Jazz re:freshed – establishing further their forward-thinking musicianship. When The Dust Settles fuses West African rhythmic tradition with some of London’s best jazz players – led by composer/arranger and UK-based Djembe player Yahael Camara…

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  July 21, 2023

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  Adeolu Osibodu, Balafon, Balimaya Project, Barbican Hall, Crispin Ro, Djembe, Dounoun Adeegun, Jali Bakary Konte, Jazz, Jazz re:freshed, kora, London, mandé, N’famady Kouyaté, Sangban, Skanda Sabbagh, When The Dust Settles today – via New Soil, Yahael Camara Onono

• Balimaya Project’s stirring new single is out today – taken from forthcoming album ‘Wolo So’ – the London collective fuse West-African rhythms and the capital’s renowned jazz-wise vibes

  With a kora and a balon right at the fore of new single Balimaya, this emerging colective from London combine driving polyrhythms, horns on fire and contemporary jazz – meet the 16-piece supergroup, Balimaya Project. Their virtuosic kora stylings on this dynamic meeting of traditional Mandé music and culture are led by composer, arranger and…

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  July 6, 2021

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  Adeegun Crispin Robinson, Balafon, Balimaya Project, Djembe, Dounoun, Elias Ntiamoah Atkinson, Flugelhorn, Godwin Sonzi, Ife Ogunjobi, Jali Bakary Konte, Joe Bristow, Jonathan Monga Moko, Kit Mariam Tounkara Koné, Kokoroko, kora, Michael Adesina, Moses Olukayode, Nathaniel Cross, N’famady Kouyaté, Paul Goumou, Sangban, Seed Ensemble, Skanda Sabbagh, Triston, Trombone, Trumpet, West Africa, Wolo Solo, Yahael Camara Onono, Yohan Kebede