Songhai

Songhai, Toumani Diabate | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hannibal Records
• ASIN: B00000061A
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #322,894 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #25 in Music > World Music > Africa > Guinea

Track Listings

1. Jarabi

2. Mani Mani Kuru

3. Caramelo

4. A Toumani

5. Vente Pa Madrid

6. Africa

7. A Mi Tia Marina

8. Ne Ne Kiotaa

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the best, April 1, 2002

By 

William Wood (Sydney, New South Wales Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songhai (Audio CD)

Take one double bass player(Danny Thompson ex Pentangle no less)one Kora player(Toumani Diabate)and a Flamenco group(the wonderful Ketama)and put them all in one room and you will have something very special. It was sad indeed to find no reviews of this fabulous recording so I will TRY and do it some justice .So many attempts at mixing different types of "world " music end up in a hodge podge of sounds and styles that satisfy no one and merely dilute the source, but this is the real deal.The overiding feeling of this disc is PLEASURE...the musicians involved are obviously swimming in the delights of the music they are creating,the discoveries they are making about themselves and their music.

This disparate band somehow produces a seamless and invigorating stream of music that will take you to places even they never dreamed of.
Buy it.....