Djarabi Makari

Tassajara Trio rehearsal with Toho Sanders on Bass Eric Everret on Drums Yacine kouyate guitar and vocal

Redem Our Soul TassajaraTRIO

Live at Yoshi s with Toho Sanders (bass), Benny Murray (Drums), Henri Pierre Koubaka( percussion)

Sama Banzoumana

Mountains Of Yesterday

Hear my Prayer

Glorify the stars above

Let The Children Play

Tassajara Trio Eric Everret Drums ,Toho Sanders Bass, Yacine guitar and vocal
Malian Classic

Taasajara Trio (Eric,Toho,Yacine)

jarabi guitaere

Tassajara Trio, Toho Sanders bass, Eric Everret Drums, Yacine kouyate guitar and vocals, Live.

Water

A day e Shall Remember

Beautiful Day

Let Them Play

Above The Sea

Tie Foly

Viva Mandela

Bamako

13 century African song  Baobab Leaves from the Epic of Sundiata ruler of the 13 century Mali Mandingua empire (West Africa)

Zira Bulu (Baobab Leaves)

tribut to Franklin Boukaka a congolese singer song writter (le bucheron)

Franklin Boukaka

Madou Badian

live at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Bennie Murray on Drums Soul Ma on Bass henrie Pierre koubaka on Percussion

Live at SF MOMA

The word not the sword

Confusion

Manden Ka

L'aube Des Sacrifices

Sundiata

African Sunrise

Ndi Bogna

Viva Mandela.

Vibrations Mandingue

Kukuru

Sumanguru Kante

Woyaya with Aminta

live at the San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art

I Give thanks

Yacine Badian Kouyate, PhD
 UC Davis, Co-Founder Birdland Jazzista
Scientist, Professor, 
Oakland - From Mali, West Africa
Dr. Yacine Badian Kouyate holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of California at Davis, and a Master of Science in Genetics from Moscow State University in Russia.
Dr. Kouyate has conducted and published scientific research in academia and the biotechnology industry in the areas of plant virus interaction, genetics and immunodiagnostics including a patented method and device for HIV analysis and research.
A student of cultural history Dr. Kouyate stewards the wisdom and traditions of thousands of years of the Bambara and Dogon peoples.  As a consultant for the Timbuktu Educational Foundation, Dr. Kouyates compositions have been used in the documentary, “Timbuktu: The Untold Story”, produced in 2003, he Making of African Cinema a film about Sembene Ousmane and John Singleton, Rouch in the reverse by Manthia Diawara
A singer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, performer and producer, Dr. Kouyate was a founding member of popular Davis band "Civil Rhythm"  in te late 80 S band at the forefront of the Anti Apartheid mouvement,
Dr kouyate has shared the stage with such music luminaries as Salif Keita, Toumani Diabate, Miriam Makeba, Khalil Shaheed, Eddie Marshal, Richard howel, Hugh Masakela and Cecil Taylor. Performance venues have included The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, New York University, Yoshi’s in Oakland, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. the Fillmore etc....
His teaching and speaking engagements – on the music and spiritual traditions of Africa, microbiology, the intersections of ancient wisdom and modern science, and other topics – have taken him to Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, California Institute of Integral Studies, Mills College, Naropa Institute, New York University, Columbia University, Wisdom University to name a few.
Dr Kouyate is a faculty at World Indigenous Science Network an organization based in Lahaina Hawaii.

Yacine Kouyate

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