Toumani Diabaté
Toumani Diabaté (born 10 August 1965) is a Malian kora player who has gained international acclaim for his music. He is considered by many to be the world's finest kora player. He is a versatile performer, being equally at home with the traditional music of Mali as well as with cross-cultural collaborations with flamenco, blues, jazz, and other international styles. He comes from a long family tradition of kora players including his father, Sidiki Diabaté, who recorded the first ever kora album in 1970. Read Full BioToumani Diabaté (born 10 August 1965) is a Malian kora player who has gained international acclaim for his music. He is considered by many to be the world's finest kora player. He is a versatile performer, being equally at home with the traditional music of Mali as well as with cross-cultural collaborations with flamenco, blues, jazz, and other international styles. He comes from a long family tradition of kora players including his father, Sidiki Diabaté, who recorded the first ever kora album in 1970.
In addition to performing Malian traditional music, Diabaté has also performed and recorded in cross-cultural settings. He has collaborated with flamenco group Ketama, forming a combined group known as Songhai and releasing two recordings: Songhai I and Songhai II. He also released a memorable album with Kulanjan, bridging the gap between African and African American music in collaboration with the American blues musician Taj Mahal. His MALIcool is another, more unusual but nevertheless successful collaboration with the American jazz trombonist Roswell Rudd.
In 2002 Diabaté released the album New Ancient Strings, a collaboration with Ballake Sissoko and in September 2005, he released In The Heart Of The Moon, for which he collaborated with Ali Farka Touré. On 25 July 2006 he released his latest album Boulevard de l'Independence, recorded with his Symmetric Orchestra.
He appeared in 2006 at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, and at the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary.
In addition to performing Malian traditional music, Diabaté has also performed and recorded in cross-cultural settings. He has collaborated with flamenco group Ketama, forming a combined group known as Songhai and releasing two recordings: Songhai I and Songhai II. He also released a memorable album with Kulanjan, bridging the gap between African and African American music in collaboration with the American blues musician Taj Mahal. His MALIcool is another, more unusual but nevertheless successful collaboration with the American jazz trombonist Roswell Rudd.
In 2002 Diabaté released the album New Ancient Strings, a collaboration with Ballake Sissoko and in September 2005, he released In The Heart Of The Moon, for which he collaborated with Ali Farka Touré. On 25 July 2006 he released his latest album Boulevard de l'Independence, recorded with his Symmetric Orchestra.
He appeared in 2006 at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, and at the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary.
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Queen Bee Sweeter than a honey bee, yeah, baby been sweet on…
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shandiz Uribe
Takes me back to kindness, goodness, honesty and love. Some where we've lost the map to..
Tekkon Kintreet
keep it in your heart and give it to other who need it, it's precious
malthus101
I don't know why I wrote that, so I just removed it.
Todd Lasseigne
normally id agree but i think youd find soemthing wrong with even that. @malthus101
moustapha fall diallo
Soubhana lah je me demande si toumani est un être humain ou un extraterrestre qui était parmi nous
Cette musique ma fait voyager dans des cieux inconnus je n'ai plus de mot je dis juste merci papa toumani
manka diarra
Ce son me fait penser a mon bled le Mali le sol rouge les odeurs de poisson griller le soleil que des bonne chose
ocean ocean
wenn i listen to this i think about my mama africa for 300 years......
Steve Madison
A brain massage.
PCRamRaj
Got that right! Such beauty and melody! Mystical and soothing!
Joan Gonzalvez
This sounds from another world...
So beautiful!