DJ Abote [Import]

Doudou N'Diaye Rose | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 15, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B000026AET
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #599,804 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ligueyou Ndeye

2. Cheikh Anta Diop

3. Rose Rhythm

4. Sidati Aidara

5. Baye Kene Ndiaye

6. Chants Du Burgam

7. Khine Sine

8. Khine Saloume

9. Walo

10. Tabala Ganar

11. Diame

12. Ndiouk

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A magnificent recording, November 26, 2001

By 

Christo "montxsuz" (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DJ Abote (Audio CD)

Anyone who still doubts the relevancy of African music, or thinks that Western music is somehow superior, should be made to watch Doudou Ndiaye Rose in action. While I have not had that pleasure, SBS TV in Australia was kind enough to broadcast a program about the making of this CD on television recently. Fascinating stuff indeed. There was Rose conducting his compositions with a team of Western recording personnel looking on in awe. Not only because of the intricate and complex rhythms of the compositions, but also because of the way in which Rose conducted the orchestra of 50 Muslim drummers and 80 Catholic singers on the Island of Goree in Senegal - much like the way in which a conducter of a Western symphony would conduct his orchestra in a great hall. All these drummers were really one, with a perfect mastery of their art and what seemed like an amazing joy for living. Doudou Ndiaye Rose is a master musician and arguably the best rhythmatist in the world. It is fortunate that he has passed his knowledge on to his children, especially since so much of the traditional musics of the world are being lost. Ali Ndiaye Rose (one of Doudou's sons) is a guest lecturer at the Royal School of Music in The Hague, The Netherlands and since 1989 has worked and performed with the Percussion Group The Hague. (They recorded together on the Dutch CD "Skin Hits").

The CD "Djabote" is very well recorded and belongs in the collection of any serious African music listener.

5.0 out of 5 stars Off the charts, September 23, 2007

By 

Esther Gokhale "author of 8 Steps to a Pain-F... (Stanford, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DJ Abote (Audio CD)

This is a historic recording - for those interested in rhythm, in African music, and in music in general. Doudou Rose has the advantage that many members of his ensemble are family members - it takes a special link to create such harmony in a large orchestra. In this sense, though this is a very different style of music, it reminds of Taiko drumming. In its richness and complexity, it is on par with classical Indian music. I enjoy that the recording is purely rhythmical with hardly any vocal sections. A real and rare treat. Wish there were more recordings.