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Jali kunda : griots of West Africa and beyond

Title
Jali kunda : griots of West Africa and beyond / [all music selected, coordinated and arranged by Foday Musa Suso ; edited by Matthew Kopka and Iris Brooks ; photography by Daniel Lainé ; text compiled by Janet Rienstra and Bill Laswell].
Publication
Roslyn, NY : Ellipsis Arts, c1996.

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Additional Authors
Suso, Foday Musa.
Description
94 p. : col. ill.; 26 cm. +
Subject
  • Music > Africa, West > History and criticism
  • Music > Africa > History and criticism
  • Griots > Africa, West
  • Mandingo (African people) > Music
Note
  • "The heart of this book is a memoir by the Gambia-born Foday Musa Suso, a Mandinka Griot"--Pref.
Contents
  • Griots of West Africa : an introductory essay / by Robert Palmer -- Jali kunda : a memoir / by Foday Musa Suso -- Track notes -- Griot/Djali : poetry, music, history, message / by Amiri Baraka -- When the times change : new trends in kora music / by J.H. Kwabena Nketia -- Into Africa : an interview with Philip Glass -- Ascension : Pharoah Sanders in Africa -- Track list.
  • Allah l'aake (Kolda, Senegal) (2:38) -- Sunjata (Tabato, Guinea-Bissau) (5:40) -- Sinyaro (Brikama, The Gambia) (3:00) -- Mariama (Kolda, Senegal) (4:24) -- Spring waterfall (7:17) -- Jula Faso (Brikama, The Gambia) (3:14) -- Sunjata (Kolda, Senegal) (3:03) -- Lanmbasy dub (8:19) -- Jula Jekereh (Brikama, The Gambia) (4:42) -- Lambango (Gabu, Guinea-Bissau) (2:42) -- Samma (8:25) -- Sorrie (Brikama, The Gambia) (3:32) -- Yata kaya (Kolda, Senegal) (4:54) -- Lambango (Tabato, Guinea-Bissau) (7:51) -- Allah l'aake (Brikama, The Gambia) (3:30).
Call Number
JMF 98-125
ISBN
1559613815
OCLC
36787688
Title
Jali kunda : griots of West Africa and beyond / [all music selected, coordinated and arranged by Foday Musa Suso ; edited by Matthew Kopka and Iris Brooks ; photography by Daniel Lainé ; text compiled by Janet Rienstra and Bill Laswell].
Imprint
Roslyn, NY : Ellipsis Arts, c1996.
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Added Author
Suso, Foday Musa.
Publisher No.
CD3510 Ellipsis Arts
Research Call Number
JMF 98-125 [Text]
*LDC 18458 [Sound disc]
Sc F 06-41
Sc CD-1258 [audio disc]
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