Kora Revolution

Kaouding Cissoko | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 3, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 3, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Palm Pictures (Audio
• ASIN: B00000JRM8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #387,547 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 Absolutely gorgeous, May 9, 2006

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Robert Blumberg (Santa Cruz, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kora Revolution (Audio CD)

This is a beautiful album that combines georgeous melodies with some powerful rhythms. Clearly Kaouding Cissoko was a master at his instrument but his lyrical approach predominates over technique. I'd recommend this to anyone who is interested in hearing this unique instrument (Kora) or who enjoys music from west africa.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Death of Kaouding Cissoko, July 25, 2003

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Wilmetta J. Toliver (Paris, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kora Revolution (Audio CD)

I enjoyed the album when i purchased it in 1999 but usually do not write reviews. July 18, 2003, Kaouding Cissoko passed away in Dakar at the age of 39. Though he comes from a grand family of Cissoko kora -ists (his father played at the Sorano National Theater for years and his brothers also play). The next time Baaba Mal tours, it will be without Kaouding. So this solo album may be your last chance to hear one of the most sophisticated yet humble kora musicians in the world.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Senegalese kora with contaminations, May 29, 2000

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Giulio Mario Rampelli - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kora Revolution (Audio CD)

Kaounding Cissoko is a kora virtuoso from Senegal, and this is the first, sophisticated, solo record. In the music you can hear contaminations from flamenco and jazz. The previous experiences of Kaounding are with Ernest Ranglin (In search of the lost riddim), Afro Celt Sound System, Nusrath Fateh Ali Khan, Baaba Maal and so on. The musicians are the same of Ranglin's record, with Ira Coleman on bass, Cissè Damba Kanoute on vocal, a very good senegalese rithmic session (djembe, tama, sabar, ecc.), chorus, flute guitar. Special guests are Baaba Maal and Mansour Seck. There are also some fine instrumental pieces. In some pieces kora seems a flamenco guitar. If you like Ranglin's In search of lost riddim, you will like this CD.