Name: Fleuve - Ablaye Cissoko & Constantinople - Jardins Migrateurs - 2015 by ablayecissoko in Coviver 2020-2021
Duration: 4 min 59 s
Description: Taken from album "Jardins Migrateurs" (by Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko - to be released 13rd of nov 2015)

Coviver 2020-2021

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Politiki, Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze feat. François Verly, from album "Djaliya" (release 13 oct 2014)

www.ablaye-cissoko.com

TEASER : youtu.be/1ZvLu-oKEaE
Itunes: smarturl.it/cissoko-djaliya
Amazon Cd Album: smarturl.it/8sz9kj
Amazon Mp3: smarturl.it/k99xq7

Recorded and mixed in 2014 at Studio de Meudon (Fr), by Julien Bassères.

Ablaye Cissoko : kora, vocal
Volker Goetze : trumpet, bugle
François Verly : percussions

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POLITIKI (Cissoko)

la politique - Politics

La politique n’est pas un jeu. C’est une lourde responsabilité. Celui qui s’y engage, engage des vies : la sienne et surtout celle des autres. Alors, soyez-sûrs, messieurs les politiciens que chacun de vos actes est murement réfléchi. Gare à ne pas décevoir ceux qui placent leurs espoirs en vous et qui comptent sur vos œuvres. Lorsque Dieu exhausse votre vœu de présider aux destinées de votre peuple, faites-en bon usage.
 
Politics is not a game. It’s a heavy responsibility. He who commits himself commits lives; his own and especially those of others. So be sure gentlemen when you implement your politics, that each thing you do is well thought through. Be careful not to disappoint those who count on you and pin their hopes on your work. When God grants you wish to rule over your people’s destinies, put it to good use.




Politiki - Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze - Djaliya - 2014

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Habib Koite - Manssa Cisse

Taken from album "Jardins Migrateurs" (by Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko - to be released 13rd of nov 2015)

Fleuve - Ablaye Cissoko & Constantinople - Jardins Migrateurs - 2015

Official bio :

Mamadou Diabate was born in 1975 in Kita, a Malian city long known as a center for the arts and culture of the Manding people of West Africa. As the name Diabate indicates, Mamadou comes from a family of griots, or jelis as they are known among the Manding. Jelis are more than just traditional musicians. They use music and sometimes oratory to preserve and sustain people's consciousness of the past, a past that stretches back to the 13th century when the Manding king Sunjata Keita consolidated the vast Empire of Mali, covering much of West Africa. The stories of these glory days and the times since remain important touchstones for people today, not only for the Manding, but for many citizens of Mali, Guinea, Gambia, and Senegal. So to be born to a distinguished jeli family in Kita is already an auspicious beginning.

Mamadou's father Djelimory played the kora, the jeli's venerable 21-string harp. He was widely known as N'fa Diabate, performing in the Instrumental Ensemble of Mali and recording on the National Radio of Mali. At the age of four, Mamadou went to live with his father in Bamako, where the Ensemble was based. When it came time for him to return to Kita and go to school, Mamadou knew that the kora was his destiny. His father had taught him how to play the instrument, and from there he listened and watched and devoted himself to practicing the kora, to the point that his mother worried that he was not concentrating enough on school. When she took it away, it only reduced his interest in studying, and he quickly resorted to making his own kora so he could continue.

Before long, Mamadou left school and began playing kora for local jeli singers, and traveling throughout the region to play at the ceremonies where modern jelis ply their trade, mostly weddings and baptisms. When he was fifteen, Mamadou won first prize for his kora playing in a regional competition and instantly became something of a local celebrity. The next year, he went to Bamako, and under the tutelage of his famous kora playing cousin, Toumani Diabate, he worked the jeli circuit, backing singers at neighborhood weddings and baptisms and entertaining the powerful at the city's posh Amitié Hotel. Toumani gave his cousin the nickname "Djelika Djan" meaning "Tall Griot," a reference to Mamadou's impressive physical stature. The name has stuck.

In 1996, a touring group from the Instrumental Ensemble of Mali offered Mamadou the chance to travel to the United States with a group of Manding musicians and cultural authorities. Following a successful tour, Mamadou decided to continue his work in the United States and, since then, he's made his home in and around New York. Mamadou gets frequent invitations to perform with visiting Malian stars including Ami Koita, Tata Bambo Kouyate, Kandia Kouyate, and Babani Koné. He has performed at the United Nations, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum, and at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. In addition, he's delved into uncharted waters, jamming with all manner of expert musicians, including jazz luminaries Donald Byrd and Randy Weston, Zimbabwean legend Thomas Mapfumo, and blues masters Eric Bibb and Guy Davis. Mamadou's recording credits have expanded as he has laid tracks with artists ranging from Irish soloist Susan McKeown, jazz bassist Ben Allison, and Benin's celebrated Angélique Kidjo.

Mamadou says that his father advised him to listen to all the best kora players and to learn from each one. The kora itself came to Mali from Gabu, the region centered between Gambia, Senegal, and Guinea Bissau, and the Malian kora tradition has always put a premium on holding onto the old ways while constantly innovating and developing the art.



Mamadou Diabate - Yaka Yaka

Toumani Diabate at Mt. Carmel College

Here's a link to the EP including this track http://deadphones1.bandcamp.com/

Midnight Haze

Album is dedicated to my daughter - Laura.

Produced, mixed and arranged by Blossom
Artwork design by Blossom
Audio Mastering by LoopMaffia
Project Management by Tomasz Ochman
www.wegrowwax.com

Terra Incognita

Blossom - Święty Gaj

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba return with a new single, new album and live dates

Mali's ngoni ace returns. After his celebrated debut album Segu Blue and the Grammy nominated follow up I speak fula, hundreds of concerts all over the globe, an appearance headlining the AfroCubism project and, just a few months ago, stunning appearances at the latest Africa Express events performing with Sir Paul McCartney, Damon Albarn and many others, Bassekou Kouyate is back with his new album.

Jama ko means 'a big gathering of people'.  It is the first song to be released from the forthcoming album of the same title. It is a call for unity, peace and tolerance in a time of crisis: no matter who you are, let us come together and enjoy life, and celebrate the true spirit of Mali.

“Jama ko, c’est pour tout le monde”, says Bassekou Kouyate, the celebrated ngoni player, explaining the title of his third album, “There are over 90% Muslims in Mali, but our form of Islam here has nothing to do with a radical form of Sharia: that is not our culture. We have been singing praise songs for the Prophet for hundreds of years. If the Islamists stop people music making they will rip the heart out of Mali.”

The recording of Jama ko took place in March 2012 in Mali's capital Bamako. It was recorded with an entirely new line-up including Bassekou's two sons Madou and Moustafa Kouyate, ngoni ace Abou Sissoko and a number of other young talented musicians from Bamako. It became political by accident. In the afternoon of the first day in the studio the military overthrew the president Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT).  It was a shock for Bassekou as the former president was a great supporter of his music. Somewhere between power cuts, fuel shortages and the uncertainty of daily curfews the recording went on. Meanwhile the situation in the north of Mali was getting worse and worse by the day. In the studio a musical answer started taking shape: Instead of keeping quiet Bassekou plugged in his wah wah pedal, cranked up his amp and let loose: Ne me fatigue pas: don't wear me out. You can hear the heartbeat of Malian music pulsing in this music.

Kasse Mady Diabate is featured on the Latin-flavoured Sinaly singing about Sinaly Diarra, a Bamana king famous for resisting forced Islamisation in the 19th century. Kele Magni is a duet between Amy Sacko and Khaira Arby from Timbuktu, calling for peace in Mali. Zoumana Tereta praises the cotton farmers of Mali in Mali Koori with a voice that takes you back into the time of the great Bambara warriors. Jama ko also features an incredible duet between Bassekou and Taj Mahal (vocals / electric guitar) and ends with the touching song Moustafa by Bassekou’s son Moustafa dedicated to his parents thanking them for all they have done for him.

Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Hotel 2 Tango) recorded the album in Mali and ended up mixing and co-producing most of it back home in Montreal. Andrew Barr (Barr Brothers) and Max Weissenfeldt (Poets of Rhythm) added drums. Mocky Salole (Feist, Jamie Lidell) contributed to the production and played organ and drums.

Jama ko digital single out now 19 November 2012
Jama ko album out in the UK on 28 January 2013
Live in the UK: 26 January 2013 - Barbican, London + 27 January - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall as part of Celtic Connections (Sahara Soul triple bill with Tamikrest and Sidi Touré)


Watch preview video:
http://youtu.be/lfU4rxQL4Dw


Jama Ko
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/outhererecords/bassekou-kouyate-ngoni-ba-jama
YouTube: http://youtu.be/lfU4rxQL4Dw

Bassekou Kouyate online:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bassekoukouyate
Twitter: @Bassekou http://twitter.com/Bassekou
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/bassekoukouyate

Out Here Records online:
http://www.outhere.de
http://www.outhere.de/jamako

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Jama ko (Single - Song for Peace)

Lead single off 'A Gift' (HH119), the debut release from London's Sleepertrain.

Tape + digital on Bandcamp:
https://hushhushrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-gift

TAPE + DL

Sleepertrain - Disappear

On the road between Memphis & Bamako. The musical merger of Habib Koité and Eric Bibb brings together two soulful histories into a never-before heard guitar sound that is passionate and ebullient. Growing up in Mali, West Africa, Koité is heir to an ancestral knowledge set to song that places him among the most influential voices of contemporary Africa, while Bibb’s lineage in the traditional blues sound has produced an earthy mix of folk and gospel dating back to the work songs of the deep south. Forging a bridge across the Atlantic, Bibb and Koité are two talents too exhilarating to ignore.

This tune is taken from the album: Brothers In Bamako.

Eric Bibb & Habib Koité - Touma Ni Kelen/Needed Time

A compilation of bits and bobs that didn't make it onto the original album all those many moons ago.
Kev has also done a mix: https://soundcloud.com/strictly/kaleidoscope-companion-pt2/s-XGOQnQNz3Bi

20 years later

20 years later: Kaleidoscopic Companion Pt.1

New album "Traversées" with Constantinople. Released 25th of Jan 2019.  You can listen or order album at https://constantinople.lnk.to/traverseesso

Official suondcloud account for Ablaye Cissoko's release including solo work, Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze, African Jazz Roots (Ablaye Cissoko & Simon Goubert), Constantinople ... 

Ablaye Cissoko is a worldwide known Senegalese Griot, singer and Kora player (african 21-strings harp)

www.ablaye-cissoko.com

Fleuve - Ablaye Cissoko & Constantinople - Jardins Migrateurs - 2015

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