Griot (storyteller)

Doug Leonard
Great work. All of these great songs with all these great musicians makes for a lot of music. Very colorful!

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This unique blend of interesting stories and comforting soul with global colors makes for a satisfying listen. Highlights include "She Ran" a simple story of unrequited love transformed into a melodic celebration of emotion with a beautiful vocal duet by Licitra and Fran Whitfield. "Cold Rain" is the story of a youn man searching for his family roots in the mountains of Puerto Rico. With Bakithi Kumalo's hornlike fretless bass and the moody guitar swells of Matt Marshak it becomes a hypnotic adventure weaving through the poetic lyrics and underlying currents of anger and divorce.

Griot (storyteller)

Griot (storyteller),Jack's Waterfall

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Electric Griot Land ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sabolan Boulevard de l'Independance Gold and Wax Yelema Joyful ASIN: B000ENUWBU Release Date: 2006-02-21

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Guinean kora master Ba Cissoko and his troupe are all musicians with feet firmly grounded in age-old traditions and eyes steadfastly fixed on new musical horizons. Cissoko was born in 1967 in Guinea Bissau to the famous musician Kandara Cissoko , one of the founders of the Ballet Djoliba, a Guinean dance troupe who put the music of their country on the world map. After moving across the border to Guinea Conakry in 1989, Cissoko began to hone his kora playing skills with M'bady Kouyate, partriach of the Kouyate clan, and one of the great griots of west Africa's Manding culture. Cissoko found a natural affinity and empathy with two of M'Bady 's sons, Kourou and Sekou, who now play bass, kora and electric kora in his group. It was this trio who blew up a storm at the international MASA trade fair in Abidjan , Ivory Coast , in 1998, and later came to France to work with the famed Congolese producer Ray Lema. Now supplemented by the vibrant young talent of percussionist, Ibrahim Bah, a Conakry street child barely out of his teens who spent his youth playing djembe on the beaches of the capital city, Cissoko and band blend together the ancient and delicately entrancing sound of the kora with a well built reggae rock foundation. Their sound is a solid as the roots of one of west Africa's huge baobab trees, and as fresh a sea breeze which wafts ashore from the Atlantic to clear out the polluted arteries of downtown Conakry. ABC Music.

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Griot from Senegal Pape Kanoute Manufacturer: Arc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00009ZT7N Release Date: 2003-08-18

Tracks:

1. Afrique
2. Seremende
3. Ales
4. Kebalou
5. Sady
6. Dioulo
7. Kewoulo
8. Kelo
9. Badougou

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Poetry, Prose, Percussion and Song Word-Beat , Tom Teasley , and Charles Williams Manufacturer: T & T Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000TQIWU Release Date: 1998-01-05

Tracks:

1. Funga Alafia
2. The Creation
3. Africa- The Negro Speaks of Rivers
4. Peace - I Dream a World
5. Hine Matov
6. Eastern Worship Song - Haiku for the Seasons
7. Since I Laid My Burden Down - Tambourines
8. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Go Down Death
9. A Child Is Born - The Cry
10. Dancer
11. Funga Alafia reprise

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Singer/actor Charles Williams and percussionist Tom Teasley create a vibrant synergy of voice and percussion drawing inspriation from poets Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson and timeless world rhythms. "... their collaboration ultimately transcends form and culture, radiating a universal power and hope." Mike Joyce, The Washington Post

Average customer rating: Malian Music from the roots to the Soul Excellent Collection Thank you sublime, sensational and masterfully compiled

In Griot Time: String Music From Mali Various Artists Manufacturer: Stern's Africa ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music Mali | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: In Griot Time: An American Guitarist in Mali Three Kilos of Coffee: An Autobiography Guitar Atlas: Africa Sound of Africa: Making Music Zulu in a South African Studio In the Heart of the Moon ASIN: B00004UB2Q Release Date: 2000-07-18

Tracks:

1. Sunjata - Djelimady Tounkara
2. Silanide - Super Rail Band
3. Jeliya - Yayi Kanoute
4. Kouyate/Diaoura - Adama Tounkara, Djelimady Tounkara
5. Doninke - Kandia Kouyate
6. Grayere Nafun - Lobi Traor
7. Maby Djoudon Don - Lobi Traor
8. Diguisse - Djelimady Tounkara,
9. Hunter's Festival - Sibiri Samake
10. Dugu Kamelemba - Oumou Sangare
11. Musee - Sali Sidibe
12. Toubaka - Djelimady Tounkara
13. Tekere - Salif Keita
14. Sema - Toumani Diabat
15. Lanaya - Banning Eyre, Djelimady Tounkara, , Dirck Westervelt
16. Nanale (The Swallow) - Habib Koit
17. Allah Uya - Ali Farka Tour
18. Kedo - Djelimady Tounkara,
19. Wild Goose Chase - Bassekou Kouyate, Dirck Westervelt

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Banning Eyre, the American producer of this stunning compilation, is a true musical wayfarer. He is a noted journalist and one of the few non-African guitarists able to successfully inhabit traditions such as Congolese soukous and, on this set, notoriously demanding Malian picking styles. For seven months in 1995 and 1996, Eyre lived and studied with the Rail Band's revered lead guitarist, Djelimady Tounkara, in Bamako, Mali. The album consists of Eyre's field recordings, tapes of his lessons with Tounkara, plus well-chosen tracks featuring guitarists such as Habib Koite and Lobi Traore. There are also tunes spotlighting the kora (West African harp), ngoni (a banjolike instrument), and doso ngoni (hunters' harp). The music travels from grittily urban to countrified sounds, but it all has the hot, dusty majesty peculiar to Malian music. The CD is best appreciated along with its eponymous accompanying book (from Temple University Press), which is an extraordinary document. --Christina Roden

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Malian Music from the roots to the Soul.......2003-10-07

I just got this cd from my local shop and I'm hooked from first talking "interlude" track to the "wild Goose Chase" at the end. The music is very rooty with Sali Sidibe(one of the best), Oumou Sangare, Yayi Kaunote giving this cd a true traditional feel. Kandia Kouyate's "Donike"(which means achieve something in life) stand out from the rest amongst the divas, her voice is distinctive U could say she is Salif Keita's Mom metarphorically speaking. Salif Keita is also featured here with "Tekere" & he never fails to impress. The main man, Djelimady Tounkara is superb even though here he plays many but very short songs.I'm taken by "Kedo" track very soulful the way he plays with his brother,Solo. Of course Habib Koite is amazing his guitar play is quick with an African rhythm & vocals.Ali Farka Toure, now this is veteran guitarist on "Allah Uya" translated "God is Unique".Toumane Diabate's kora playing on "Sema" is unforgettable. I have become familiar to some instruments like kora, ngoni, balafone & these form a beautiful music when blended well with western instruments.Lobi Traore's two tracks are very good especially"Maby Djoudon Don"(Live)-Listen to the guitar here (reminds me of Santana or Los Lobos).The Rail Band provide a superb track"Silanide" with Djelimady Tounkara very visible on the strings & wonderful vocals. What impreses me most here is(1) the quality of the sound, is the best considering that some tracks were recorded in compounds with tapes.Listen to "Lanaya" U can hear the rumble of the car outside the studio, What ever Banning Eyre used to record must have been very powerful to capture a sound like that.(2)the quality of the music with skillful artists collection.(3)Little translation on the tracks to allow the listener to relate to music.Of course if U want more,Buy the Book "In Griot Time....."(4)Photos of artists (5)Assisted me to know more of other Malian artists (6)& a whole lot more...words can never be enough to praise this best collection. It's like U are in Mali when U listen to this music.I wish I could visit this musically rich country. This cd is worth 5 stars & more believe me take it from a South African.

Excellent Collection.......2003-01-19

I'd like to thank Eyre for the work put in this excellent collecion of some of the most beautiful pieces of music from Mali. Demonstrates his superb taste. The inclusion of the Wild Goose Chase at the end is especially touching. My Malian friend, who has just recently arrived in the United States, loves this collection as well. Thank you for letting us enjoy this music.

Thank you.......2003-01-06

Thank you Djelimady. And thank you Banning. My kind of guys.

sublime, sensational and masterfully compiled.......2000-09-23

Indisputably a lesson in how to create a "companion cd to a published book" without engaging in arcaneness and academic piffle. This generous and lovingly selected collection stands as a superb listening experience on its own merits. Eyre's calling may be in A&R !

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Electric Griot Land Ba Cissoko Manufacturer: Totolo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sabolan ASIN: B000JU7IGK Release Date: 2007-03-27

Tracks:

1. Griot Ba
2. Silani feat. K'Naan
3. Allah Lake feat. Amadou Bagayoko
4. Le Reve De L'Oiseau (Koto Djime)
5. Africa feat. Tiken Jah Fakoly
6. Women (Dounia Guinee) feat. The Nubians
7. Adouna
8. Interlude
9. On Veut Se Marier feat. Tiken Jah Fakoly
10. Tjedo feat. The Nubians
11. King Kora
12. Ma Grand-Mere (Djeli)
13. Sora (Le Nom De La Kora Est Cissoko)

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Griot: Songs And Rhythms Mande Foli Manufacturer: Materiali Sonori ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004SGYQ Release Date: 2000-05-20

Tracks:

1. Sosso
2. Nana Kadidia
3. Sandia
4. Yougouba
5. Solo De Balafon
6. Nofe' Tama
7. Alamanadia
8. Sakodougou
9. Kounko
10. Marahara

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Urban Griot Billy Taylor Manufacturer: Soundpost Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005O7YC Release Date: 2001-08-28

Tracks:

1. Local Color / Can You Dig It?
2. Reclamation
3. Gracias Chucho
4. Etude
5. Conversion
6. Spoken
7. In Loving Memory
8. Like a Heartbeat
9. Invention / Looking For Another Theme
10. Transformation
11. A Duke-ish Blues

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Griot Liberte Buster Williams Manufacturer: Highnote ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Something More Houdini Lost in a Memory Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1999 New York Time ASIN: B0002ABT5S Release Date: 2004-06-29

Tracks:

1. Nomads
2. Related To One
3. The Triumphant Dance Of The Butterfly
4. The Wind Of An Immortal Soul
5. Every Time We Say Goodbye
6. Joined At The Hip
7. Concierto De Aranjuez
8. After The Ninth Wave

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Air Mail Music: Griot Music & Chants Various Artists Manufacturer: Playasound ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music Mali | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 International | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005M0MO Release Date: 2001-07-10

Tracks:

1. Kelemagni
2. Famadinke
3. Sara Kankelinti
4. Mogosebeba
5. Toubaka
6. Dimbati Galant
7. Dolo Magni

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Griot's Footsteps Graham Haynes Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop & Post-Bop | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Transition Tones for the 21st Century BPM ASIN: B0000046VK Release Date: 1995-01-24

Tracks:

1. Gothic
2. R.H. (For Roy Haynes)
3. Enlightenment
4. Flip Stories
5. Psychic Plane
6. Griots Footsteps

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