Tag: kora
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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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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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More stunning musicianship from Mali’s Ballaké Sissoko – Nø Førmat! share new video from ‘Djourou’ album – with Segal and Messina helping to pay tribute to composer, Hector Berlioz
Enlighten yourselves and listen to another track from the Djourou album by Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko – here on Jeu Sur La Symphonie Fantastique, Ballaké is joined by cellist and collaborator Segal, with clarinettist Messina, for a re-working of the Berlioz piece of the same name. Suggested by the Berlioz Festival to mark the…
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