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From: Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2007 4:41 pm
Subject: Ba Cissoko from Guinea Tomorrow @ High Noon Saloon
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> http://www.ba-cissoko.com/
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> In a Waterfront Festival Warm-up concert the Marquette Neighborhood
> Association and the Willy St. Co-op proudly present
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> Ba Cissoko
> High Noon Saloon
> Thursday, May 3rd.
> 9pm
> Advance $12 tickets may be purchased at the Willy St. Co-op or at the
> High Noon.
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> Please visit the Guinean band's website for a sample of their
> incredible music: http://www.ba-cissoko.com/
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> To get an idea of the blazing and progressive musical ideas espoused
> by this high-octane ensemble, consider that the title of their current
> tour — The Electric Griot Land Tour — is an homage to Jimi Hendrix’s
> Electric Ladyland. Bandmembers Ba Cissoko (kora ,vocals and tamani),
> Kourou Kouyaté (bolon and bass), Sékou Kouyaté (electric kora and
> tamani) and percussionist Ibrahim Bah make shimmering Afro-pop with an
> edge.
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> "The Ba Cissoko quartet is one of those rare groups adored by their
> entire country. Young people love them for their tradition-breaking
> approach to the kora, and old people love them for continuing the art
> of that instrument, rather than indulging in rap or other such
> frivolities" -- Katharina Lobeck, Songlines.
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> The group features two kora players: one acoustic and one re-enforced
> with a rack of special effects. If Eric Clapton played kora, this is
> surely what he would sound like.
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> Cissoko is the nephew of the great kora maestro M'Bady Kouyaté. The
> band's repertoire consists of selected pieces from the age-old
> Mandingo epic and chronicle-songs in Sussu or Peulh, all boosted by an
> urban, groovy, caustic sound. Ba Cissoko are trail-blazers similar to
> Mory Kanté in his younger years. Band members include Sekou Kouyaté
> also on kora, bass player Kourou Kouyaté ¨both sons of the same M'Bady
> Kouyaté and percussionist Ibrahima Bah. Sekou Kouyaté electrically
> enhanced kora creates a totally new sound, which has earned him the
> nickname "Jimmy Hendrix Africain."
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> Kora became a musical symbol of Africa. Formerly a griots'
> instrument, during the past decades the kora emerged as a solo concert
> instrument and a peer to pianos and violins of European classical
> heritage. Kora blends well with both electric and acoustic instruments
> and kora virtuosi and teachers became Africa's demanded export.
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> Ba Cissoko was born north of the Guinean capital Conakry, his father
> founded the Djoliba ballet whom he accompanied on the kora during
> their shows. When Ba was 14, his uncle M'Baty Kouyaté, a musician
> reputed to be one of the absolute maestros on the kora dropped in for
> a family visit. Later, they formed uncle-and-nephew team and toured
> West Africa. In his 20's, Ba found his first students, including a
> young Frenchman with whom Ba toured France and West Africa.
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> In late 90's, when Ba got together with two of M'Baty Kouyaté's sons,
> the trio was invited to perform at the Thé_tre des Réalités festival
> in the Malian capital Bamako. On their way to the festival, they
> happened to share a taxi with Ibrahim Bah, a musician whom they later
> recruited as the fourth member of the group named after it's founder,
> Ba Cissoko.
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> But Ba's final breakthrough came when he turned 37. In 2004, his band
> along with dozens of other carefully selected performers was invited
> to the Womex trade fair and music festival. Their breathtaking set was
> closely watched by the world leading festival organisers. Ba Cissoko
> became the discovery of the event and now they are one of the most
> demanded African acts.
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> WALDEN by Henry David Thoreau – 1854
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