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Album Review

Mamadou Diabate: Griot Classique

Read "Griot Classique" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


The kora--a West African harp with twenty-one strings and a gourd resonator--is more than an instrument when placed in the hands of a master like Mamadou Diabate; it's a means for storytelling, a tool for expression, a uniting musical force, and a historical repository. Over the course of his previous albums, Diabate has managed to broaden the scope of the kora's language and associations while remaining true to its traditions. He incorporated the blues and Bambara music ...

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Festival

African Arts Festival, St. Louis Art Museum to Present Mamadou Diabate, Zimbabwe Nkenya

African Arts Festival, St. Louis Art Museum to Present Mamadou Diabate, Zimbabwe Nkenya

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Next weekend's St. Louis African Arts Festival includes a couple of events at the Saint Louis Art Museum that may be of interest to local fans of jazz and creative music.Kora player Mamadou Diabate (pictured) will give a free concert at 7:00 p.m, Friday May 22 in the Grigg Gallery as part of the Museum's Art After 5 series. A native of Mali, Diabante has played at festivals and concert halls across North America, performing music that blends ...

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Roswell Rudd's Malicool With Mamadou Diabate at Peter Norton Symphony Space Fri. Feb. 18 8pm

Roswell Rudd's Malicool With Mamadou Diabate at Peter Norton Symphony Space Fri. Feb. 18 8pm

Source: All About Jazz

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2005 8PM ROSWELL RUDD'S MALICOOL WITH MAMADOU DIABATE at Peter Norton Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th Street, NYC $26; college students with ID $15 Box office (212) 864-5400 Info/charges (212) 545-7536 worldmusicinstitute.org Featuring Roswell Rudd (trombone), Mamadou Diabate (kora - harp/lute); Balla Kouyate (balafon - xylophone), Mawuena Kodjovi (guitar), Henry Schroy (bass), Mar Gueye (djembe), and Jorge Amorim (drums Performing compositions by Roswell Rudd, traditional Malian folk music, and an interpretation of Thelonious Monk's Jackie-ing Trombonist extraordinaire ...

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