My dear friend Kate Kondji make me discover this video, an efficient house-music track, with a repetitive sanza hook and the wonderful chant from Zahara,
I feel similars work directions with Jefté Guillaume productions.
Baba Gallé KANTÉ used to play his tambin ( Fulà flute) for many recordings sessions at JBZ studio in Abidjan, Côte-d'Ivoire in the 90's such as Alpha Blondy, Sékouba
Bambino, Oumou Sangaré, Doura Barry, or choregraph dancer Georges Momboyes but never release a recording focused on his own instrument. So the day he came and told me that he was in the need to
promptly record few accoustic instrumentals tracks, I was a little bit
embarrassed because the main static microphone I had to use was out of
order. We had made differents recordings before those instrumentals tracks, those sessions most of the time included Abdoulaye Traoré on guitars and Kemsé Kanté on dudumba, djembé, bolon and gongoma. Baba Gallé was singing in fulfulbé on some of these recordings, a track like "Guigol" is the only one of the CD from this period (circa 2006), and the oldest recording released on it. All others tracks were recorded 2 years laters, when he thought it was the time the time for him, after spending years to play as a sideman, to express his own musical work. A friend lent me a static rode, which is little more harshy
than the one I had, but despite availability, diferences and sounds specificity of the mics , the work has
to be done ! Great Balafonist Mancondé Mory Diabaté dit Balakala joint him for those sessions also Abdoulaye Traoré on guitar and Madou Condé on percussions. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Baba Gallé Kanté : vocal ( trk 10 ) trad. pulaar flute, calabash, wassamba ( trad. rattles), hand clap, compositions
Abdoulaye Traoré : acc guitar & solo guitar, arrangements
Madou Condé : djembé, dudumba
Balakala : balafon Ali Diallo : Sokou Julien Chauveau : acc gt & drm prog ( trk 10), hand clap, rec, mix, prod
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wassamba fulà flutes Tambins come in several keys; from E, up to Bb. The most common
ones are F, F#, G, Ab and A. They produce one complete diatonic
scale, starting on the lowest note of the second register (the 3rd
of the scale) and going up three registers to the sixth of the scale.
The first register is disconnected form the scale. These instruments
are usually constructed from a conical vine from the forests of
Guinea, the largest end being on the side of the embouchure and
tapering down to where the fingerholes are. The bore can vary from
5/8" to one inch.