. JL 9@ .. @@ :@@. .u. . @@ . u. .9@@ :@@R@ @@@@@: d@@ @@@@@ @@@ :@@ . @@@@@! d@@@R J@@ J@ @@@ @@ @@ .@" j@@ @@ @@ @L @@@ @@ @@ 9@ @@"9@> @@" @@ @@ @@ @@@@@: @@ @E t@ @@@ @F d@@ @@ @@ 3@ @@ @@ @@R '@@@@@@" @@ '@E @E @@ @@ @@ @@@. @E @@ '@@@@ "@@@" J@I '@@@@" @ "@ @" @ "@@" " `@ '' @@ ' ' @' ________ openmind who: Lamine Konte what: The Kora of Senegal, vol. 2 (Song and Poetry of Black Africa) when: 000-00-1989 where: Arion - ARN 64070 sound like: Ethnic and on: Feb-07-2003 resulting in: 14 tracks which makes: 91,10 MB using lame at: 192 kB and some more: Lamine Konte: (b Kolda, Senegal) Singer-composer, guitarist, kora player. From musical family; studied kora with his father Dialy Keba Konte, then with Souldiou Cissoko, a kora player of international repute. Studied at the School of Arts in Dakar, practising every day to create his own style; by '60 had formed his own group with friends and had established a national reputation as a contemporary artist, introducing new infl. while also maintaining trad. of Senegalese music. He represented Senegal at the Black Arts Festival in Dakar '65; moved to Paris '72 but the group broke up, leaving him to pursue a solo career. He made two LPs '75: La Kora du Senegal: les Rythmes, les Percussions et la Voix de Lamine Konte featured solo kora tracks with trad. arr. and a few Afrocuban tunes; Les Rythmes, les Percussions et la Voix de Lamine Konte with more adventurous arr. of kora, balaphon, bass, tam-tam and vocals. Eclectic Tinque Rinque '77 was a pot-pourri of kora, rock'n'roll and folk music with both acoustic and electric lineups. After LP Baara '79 he worked with Bozambo on soundtrack of film Bako l'Autre Rime. Songs Of The Griots released '95 on JVC CD. Less commercial than his fellow Senegalese Toure Kunda and Youssou N'Dour, he is a musician of outstanding technical ability. Kora: West African musical instrument played by a hereditary caste of male professional musicians, a double harp made from a large calabash covered in cowhide, with 21 strings originally made of leather but now more usually of nylon. It is played by Mandinka musicians, who share a common heritage with other groups of the ancient Malian empire, and is today mostly found in Senegal and Gambia. The musician is known as a jali (plural jaliya), plays for entertainment; he praises notable individuals, while the repertoire also incl. historical epics and family lineages. Singing and playing are strictly organized with a fixed refrain and a fixed melody, but room is still found for improvisation. In earlier times the players survived by patronage, but today, like many musicians, most have alternative ways of making a living. Best-known contemporary Kora players are perhaps the Konte family; Alhaji Bai Konte (b '20s, Jambur), one of Gambia's leading players, was taught by his father, developed his own style; he was heard on Alhaji Bai Konte: Kora Melodies From The Republic Of The Gambia '74 on Rounder. He trained his son Dembo Konte (b '48), who performed more modern material and played with the Gambia National Troupe. Father and son formed a trio late '70s with Malamini Jaborteh (b '42), who was brought up in Konte household and has toured North Africa, France, USSR, UK as a soloist; Jobarteh and Dembo played together on Jaliya '85 on Stern's. Other notable kora records incl. Senegal: La Musique des Griots, Babou Diebate's Folklore du Senegal (Casamance) Vol. 1, Amadu Bansang Jaborteh's Master Of The Kora. Kora masters have attracted wider audiences by amplifying the sound, supporting it with non-trad. instruments, etc; these incl. Lamine Konte, Nory Konte and Foday Musa Suso. Dembo Konte and Kasau Kouyate made Simbomba '87, Jali Roll '90 on Rogue (but a rock beat on some tracks does nothing for this music); Les Griots were Sourakata Koite and Diombo Kouyate on Koch International. Tunde Jegede, born in London, combined the sound of the kora with classical cello and composition; see his entry, and entry for Suso. http://www.musicweb.uk.net/encyclopaedia/ track list: │ 01 Lamine Konte - Africa │ 02 Lamine Konte - Yarabi │ 03 Lamine Konte - Mama Tamba │ 04 Lamine Konte - Dioula │ 05 Lamine Konte - Yobalema │ 06 Lamine Konte - Domba │ 07 Lamine Konte - Yasso │ 08 Lamine Konte - Casa Di Mansa │ 09 Lamine Konte - Negritude │ 10 Lamine Konte - Femme Noire │ 11 Lamine Konte - Etait-ce Une Nuit Maghrebine │ 12 Lamine Konte - La Legende Baoule │ 13 Lamine Konte - Hoquet │ 14 Lamine Konte - A New York ______________________________ ______________________________ openmind - a sacred experience