Fula Flute

Fula Flute (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 26, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Monster
• ASIN: B00006FN7N
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #516,144 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In a class all of its own, September 26, 2004

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fula Flute (Audio CD)

This New York-based ensemble features the "tambin," or Fulani flute of West Africa, played here quite strikingly by soloist Bailo Bah, who growls and vocalizes as he plays, producing an unnerving effect which recalls the defiant, playful saxophone work of jazzman Rashaan Roland Kirk (who also sang while he played) as well as the spectral, droning quality of African author Francis Bebey, on some of his sanza (finger piano) albums. The ensemble also features instruments such as the kora, balafon and berimbau, in a mix that is lively and immediate. This is one of those albums that will stop you in your tracks and force you to listen: it's an arresting sound, unlike anything else you're likely to have heard. Highly recommended!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A traditional flute enhanced by exhaled vocal wailing, August 29, 2004

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WorldDiscoveries.Net "Bill Donovan, Reviewer" (Petaluma, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fula Flute (Audio CD)

Imagine a traditional flute enhanced by exhaled vocal wailing and you have an idea of the duality of sound featured in Bailo Bah's FULA FLUTE: a deep-toned, haunting flute enhanced further by the player's actual vocal injections from breathing .

Likely to prove compelling to any listener of the wailing tambin flute style: a specialty audience steeped in West African heritage.