Baba et sa maman
DJELI MAH DAMBA KOROBA & BABA SISSOKO ''BABA ET SA MAMAN'' (MALI,2013)
The roots of the Malian griot, an intense dialogue with his mother for a stunning effect! Baba et sa maman (Baba and his Mother) is more than just an album of traditional Malian music. It is a tribute to both history and to ones own roots: in this case, those of a great griot, master of the word, and son and grandson of those who for half a century have been at the head of a very special caste in Mali, as feared as they are venerated. It has taken several years to put together this magical collection of songs.
On the one hand, this was due to the actual geographical distance (Baba moved to Italy fi fteen years ago), while on the other hand, it was due to the intangible nature of feelings, which in large projects often follow no temporal rules or guidelines. purely radical acoustic magic, with no overdubs or studio tricks, only the sweet and austere voice of Djeli Mah Damba Koroba, accompanied by ancestral bambara chordophones and traditional percussion, all under the direction of the unique and inimitable master Baba Sissoko. A special album that, through the sounds of memory, uses a language whose perception is immediately comprehensible and familiar, regardless of the differences of place, class and culture.
Source Tracks:
1Muna faki3:34
2Djouku3:38
3Fala3:54
4Boli3:45
5Tche fari3:26
6Djombi djoro3:53
7Da ntama4:15
8Djasere3:52
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OFFICINA ZOÈ ''TARANTA NERA'' (Feat. BABA SISSOKO, MAMANI ...
African Griot Groove
Cantastorie girovago più per scelte di vita che per necessità, Baba Sissoko ne ha viste di tutti i colori. Ora a fianco di Youssou N'Dour e Oumou Sangare; il giorno dopo ad arricchire le tessiture latino americane di Buena Vista Social Club o quelle più jazzate dell'Art Ensemble of Chicago.
Da una quindicina d'anni ha deciso di fermarsi un po' in Calabria da dove il mondo africano sembra essere più visibile, non solo per vicinanze geografiche, ma anche e soprattutto per quelle umane.
Come un vero griot (un cantastorie ante-litteram) è capacissimo di attingere a un patrimonio di suggestioni e trasformarle in musica con la stessa esperienza di un mago che sa perfettamente cosa e come raggiungerlo con una formula magica. In questo suo ultimo disco riesce a mescolare, nel calderone magico, echi di una cultura musicale infinita e patriarcale (quella africana) con l'elettricità del mondo occidentale ("Dounya").
Si respira, si ascolta, si assapora continuamente l'essenza di una realtà in trasformazione. Che non rinuncia alle sue origini e si rapporta con senso di grande creatività alla modernità ("Ambita Bakadaji"). Evita come la peste le trappole mainstream della world music. Cerca con decisione e quasi con testardaggine (gli innumerevoli ostinato di cui si compongono i brani) un dialogo come musicisti in una inimmaginabile jam session interculturale ("Afrika/Afro Blues").
Linguaggi secolari che si sciolgono al ritmo di congas e ngoni e donano una cascata di musicalità che ci rimanda all'origine di musiche ancestrali e affascinanti.
Valutazione: 3.5 stelle
Elenco dei brani:
01. Taman Kan; 02. Afrika/Afro Blues; 03. So/Fanzia; 04. Donuya; 05. Mali Denu Yo; 06. Ambita/Bakadayi; 07. Masa/Farafina; 08. Diallo; 09. D Jarabi; 10. Simbo; 11. Yala; 12. Lerno/Leyila; 13. Mama Don; 14. Bi Kanu/Mbife; 15. Ndondore.
Musicisti:
Baba Sissoko (Ngoni; chitarra acustica, percussioni); Erick Yanou (basso, contrabbasso); Philippe Lago (batteria); Abu Djigo (chitarra); Rynaldo Hernandez (congas, percussioni).
Stile: Etno-jazz
Baba Sissoko "Three Gees" news
Most fans of the blues believe it was born in the Mississippi delta shortly before 1900. They are definitively wrong.
The blues had its roots in other forms of older black music that are traced to the music of West Africa. In that sense, Mali music constituting the DNA of the blues and the griots can be identified as the direct ancestors of the rural bluesmen.
Baba Sissoko is from Mali and he is the last undisputed griot alive.
His voice evokes the lost vibe of the deepest and wildest side of west Africa.
A magic land that he largely crossed since his childhood in singing and playing with his legendary grandfather Djeli Baba Sissoko.
With the help of the soulful voices of Djeli Mah Damba Koroba and Djana Sissoko, respectively his 78 y.o. mother and his young daughter he recorded “Three Gees”.
They are the voices of the past, the present and the future living in the twilight zone where the malian roots blooms into a new sound of hope and happiness.
Involved are also Fernando "Bugaloo" Velez (The Dap-kings, Antibalas) on percussions and the grammy winner Corey Harris on slide guitar.
Somebody called it as Bambara Mystic Soul, we dig it and really hope you enjoy listening this album as much as we have enjoyed making it