Toumani Diabaté (born 10 August 1965) is a Malian kora player who has gaine… Read Full Bio ↴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.
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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Mali Dje I lay down with an angel I lay down with an…
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Bamako Au bal de Bamako Bal de Bamako Au bal de Bamako Je t'ai…
Queen Bee Sweeter than a honey bee, yeah, baby been sweet on…
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@SabiKarlsson
When two African giants meet, it becomes nothing more than a musical ecstasy.
Ali Farka Touré plays guitar and Toumani Diabaté plays Kora. Strings straight from paradise
@koodka
I could not agree more, really soothing music
@stephenfurlong7505
Is right
@andreegavand4555
Je ne suis ni africaine ni antillaise, mes ancêtres sont des paysans de France mais comme tous les humains du monde sont des métis,cette musique me touche, cette musique est ma musique ,ces musiciens sont mes frères
@cbm2770
Très belle pensée 👌
@scollkamangazakayo2668
Music of our forefathers the gurdians of our HERITAGE together
@LiesandMoreLies
Not all MAN is half breed ! Just enjoy without unnecessary Babel.
@Docthewrench
@Jerome Artis There is no true human.
Since we no longer can say we began here or there . We are finding that we popped up from all over nearly at the same time.
We can not trace our species back 150,000 years and even further.
The oldest pyramids are 10s of thousands of years older than what once thought
Finding bones incrediblely old dating hundreds of thousands of years before the oldest ones found in Africa
@IsaacOuedraogo-sw8qu
La musique est universelle ❤
@josweetlove1537
Africa is in my soul. I am from the Caribbean but listening to this transported me back to the land of my ancestors. Beautiful, haunting and spiritual. I love African music, does not matter from what part, it is God filled. Long live Africa.