Search results for "Toumani Diabaté"

Toumani Diabaté: Si Naani (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 09, 08

The stereotyped view of African music presents it as dominated by drums—you remember the old Hollywood films with the...

Taj Mahal (with Toumani Diabaté): Zanzibar (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 13, 08

Although blues music has deep African roots, the combination of these two traditions in the recording studio typicall...

Rokia Traoré: Dounia (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music December 11, 08

Mali is a landlocked nation that stretches from the Sahara in the north to Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso in the Sout...

The Ten Best World Music CDs of 2008 posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 21, 08

A few days ago, I published my choices for the 50 best jazz CDs of the year, and other contributors to jazz.com have ...

In Conversation with Roswell Rudd posted in Features and Interviews October 11, 08

By Tomas Peña "You blow in this end of the trombone and sound comes out the other end and disrupts the cosmos."...

Simon, Michael posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Simon, Michael, trumpeter, composer and arranger; b. Punta Cardon, Venezuela, 14 January 1975. Michael`s exposure ...

Henar, Vincent posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Henar, Vincent, bassist; b. Paramaribo, Suriname, 1958. He's the founder of Fra Fra Sound in Amsterdam in 1980, and F...

Conversations With Myself posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 21, 08

It’s usually a bad sign when you start talking to yourself — but I can at least claim a jazz precedent. Years ag...

The Best Jazz Web Links: November 2008 posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 02, 08

Wayne Shorter on 75th birthday tour The saxophonist turns philosophical in interview with Bob Young. ...

Rudd, Roswell posted in Encyclopedia December 16, 08

Few have what it takes to rise to the top of the jazz avant-garde even once, much less twice - but trombonist Roswell...

Oumou Sangare: Sukunyali (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music June 29, 09

Mali, a landlocked West African nation of roughly twelve million inhabitants, stands out as one of the most vibrant c...

Breaking Jazz News & Opinion: August 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages September 01, 09

Twenty-somethings on a jazz mission They want to build the jazz audience with money borrowed from mom. Re...

Previous Page | Next Page