2171 - SYMPHONIE MANDINGUE - Live (2010)

SYMPHONIE MANDINGUE
''LIVE''
2010
A.T.A.
73:34

1. Soudiata/Toumani Diabaté, Kandia Kouyate, Kelitigui Diabaté, N'goni Bassekou Kouyate, Djibril Camara, Sekou Diabaté, Kasse mody Diabate/18:41
2. Domso/Toumani Diabaté, Kandia Kouyate, Kelitigui Diabaté, N'goni Bassekou Kouyate, Djibril Camara, Sekou Diabaté, Kasse mody Diabate/3:24
3. Diamoussa Soumano/Toumani Diabaté, Kandia Kouyate, Kelitigui Diabaté, N'goni Bassekou Kouyate, Djibril Camara, Sekou Diabaté, Kasse mody Diabate/4:24
4. Symphonie Mandingue/Toumani Diabaté, Kandia Kouyate, Kelitigui Diabaté, N'goni Bassekou Kouyate, Djibril Camara, Sekou Diabaté, Kasse mody Diabate/3:05
5. Dianfasiri/Toumani Diabaté, Kandia Kouyate, Kelitigui Diabaté, N'goni Bassekou Kouyate, Djibril Camara, Sekou Diabaté, Kasse mody Diabate/9:03
6. Diarabi/Toumani Diabaté, Kandia Kouyate, Kelitigui Diabaté, N'goni Bassekou Kouyate, Djibril Camara, Sekou Diabaté, Kasse mody Diabate/4:06
7. Sanouke Gu!mba/Toumani Diabaté, Kandia Kouyate, Kelitigui Diabaté, N'goni Bassekou Kouyate, Djibril Camara, Sekou Diabaté, Kasse mody Diabate/3:31
8. Mali Sadio/Toumani Diabaté, Kandia Kouyate, Kelitigui Diabaté, N'goni Bassekou Kouyate, Djibril Camara, Sekou Diabaté, Kasse mody Diabate/13:03
9. Diya/Toumani Diabaté, Kandia Kouyate, Kelitigui Diabaté, N'goni Bassekou Kouyate, Djibril Camara, Sekou Diabaté, Kasse mody Diabate/6:10
10. Balakononifing/Toumani Diabaté, Kandia Kouyate, Kelitigui Diabaté, N'goni Bassekou Kouyate, Djibril Camara, Sekou Diabaté, Kasse mody Diabate/8:07

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2170 - KETAMA, TOUMANI DIABATE, JOSÉ SOTO WITH DANNY THOMPSON - Songhai 2 (1994)

KETAMA, TOUMANI DIABATÉ, JOSÉ SOTO WITH DANNY THOMPSON
''SONGHAI 2''
1994
NUEVOS MEDIOS
49:48

1/Sute Monebo (Shouting Won't Raise the Dead)
Antonio Carmona / Toumani Diabaté
2/Niani
3/Pozo del Deseo
Antonio Carmona
4/Monte de los Suspiros
Antonio Carmona
5/Djamana Djana
Antonio Carmona
6/De Jerez a Mali
7/N'Dia
Toumani Diabaté
8/De la Noche a la Mañana
9/Mali Sajio
Toumani Diabaté
10/Pozo del Deseo
Antonio Carmona

Aurora /Choir/Chorus
Amparo Carmona /Castanets
Antonio Carmona /Handclapping, Percussion, Voices
Jose Miguel Carmona /Guitar, Mandolin
Juan Carmona /Guitar, Lute
Javier Colina /Double Bass
Djanka Diabate /Choir/Chorus
Kélétigui Diabaté /Balafon, Guitar (Acoustic), Trombone, Violin
Toumani Diabaté /Kora
Bassekou Kouyate /Ngoni
Diaw Kouyate /Choir/Chorus
Kasse Mady /Voices
Antonio Miguel /Percussion, Vocals
Jose Miguel /Guitar
Juan Miguel /Guitar
Bernardo Parrilla /Violin
Songhai /Kora
José Soto /Vocals
Danny Thompson /Double Bass

REVIEW
by Rovi
This follow up to Songhai, 1988's classic world beat album, fuses West African and Spanish Flamenco, featuring some of the most celebrated performers of the world music genre. Recorded once again in Madrid, this new collection features a more balanced partnership, intertwining a weave of African and Flamenco elements that is evident in both instrumentation and material. Guest musicians like Malian kora master Toumani Diabete, British bassist Danny Thompson, and Spain's Juan and Jose Miguel Carmona on guitar, help celebrate the common demoninator between these two cultures: a shared heritage as cultural outsider that transcends all barriers.

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2169 - KETAMA, TOUMANI DIABATÉ & DANNY THOMPSON - Songhai (1988)

KETAMA, TOUMANI DIABATÉ & DANNY THOMPSON
''SONGHAI''
1988
HANNIBAL
33:45

1/Jarabi
Traditional
2/Mani Mani Kuru
Toumani Diabaté
3/Caramelo
Juan Carmona
4/A Toumani
José Soto
5/Vente Pa' Madrid
Antonio Carmona / Jose Miguel Carmona
6/Africa
Toumani Diabaté
7/A Mi Tia Marina
Jose Miguel Carmona
8/Ne Ne Kiotaa
Traditional

Antonio Carmona /Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
Jose Luis Carmona /Vocals (Background)
Jose Miguel Carmona /Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Juan Carmona /Guitar
Djanka Diabaté /Vocals
Toumani Diabaté /Arranger, Kora, Performer, Vocals
Marcelo Carlos Fuentes /Bass
Guillermo /Vocals (Background)
Ketama /Guitar, Performer
Diaw Kouyate /Vocals
Songhai /Kora, Performer, Vocals
José Soto /Guitar, Vocals
Danny Thompson /Bass, Performer

REVIEW
by Myles Boisen
This unique multicultural supergroup includes Toumani Diabaté (Mali) on kora, Danny Thompson (UK) on bass, and the Gypsy guitar group Ketama from Spain, plus guests.

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2168 - ALI FARKA TOURÉ & TOUMANI DIABATÉ (2010)

ALI FARKA TOURÉ & TOUMANI DIABATÉ
''ALI FARKA TOURÉ & TOUMANI DIABATÉ''
FEB 23 2010
WORLD CIRCUIT
50:19

1/Ruby
Ali Farka Touré
2/Sabu Yerkoy
Ali Farka Touré
3/Be Mankan
Toumani Diabaté
4/Doudou
Traditional
5/Warbé
Ali Farka Touré
6/Samba Geladio
Ali Farka Touré
7/Sina Mory
Traditional
8/56
Ali Farka Touré
9/Fantasy
Toumani Diabaté
10/Machengoidi
Ali Farka Touré
11/Kala Djula
Traditional

Toumani Diabaté /Arranger, Kora
Souleye Kane /Vocals (Background)
Tim Keiper /Percussion
Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez /Bass
Ali Magasa /Vocals (Background)
Ali Farka Touré /Arranger, Guitar, Vocals
Vieux Farka Touré /Congas, Vocals (Background)

REVIEW
by Thom Jurek
Due to the international success of In the Heart of the Moon, Mandé lineage griot Toumani Diabaté wanted to make a follow-up with fellow Malaian, the legendary guitarist Ali Farka Touré. The first record had been cut in Niafunke, Touré’s home village in the north of Mali, Diabaté contacted World Circuit's Nick Gold about doing the follow-up in London, where the pair was due to play a couple of concerts. Gold agreed and suggested they include Cuban bassist Orlando “Cachaito” Lopez on the session. There was some urgency: Touré was dying. The sessions were cut over four days in June of 2005; this is his last recording. The contents are made up of improvisations and new versions of old songs from both men’s regions. Opener “Ruby” is a gorgeous improvisation, where Touré doesn’t play the role of guitar slinger, but of a guitarist playing only for his own enjoyment, softly, gently, with his trance-like hypnotic rhythm, allowing Diabaté to let his kora flow over the modal pattern. Cachaito makes the first of five appearances here. “Sabu Yerkoy” is a proper entrance. It is Touré’s take on Cuban salsa (with his son on congas). The rhythmic interplay between drums, bass, and acoustic guitar is intricate and subtle with its gentle, seductive approach. “Doudou” is a completely new take on an old Mandé song, weaving together a Senegalese mbalax rhythm and the kora’s harmonic palette. Along the lines of the intricate melody, Touré layers one atop another from one of his own songs, with “Singya” on top. It’s easily among the most beautiful thing here. Touré’s rhythmic approach shines on “Samba Gerladio,” another new version of a very old folk song. Touré introduces it and Diabaté eventually encounters him on the chorus, weaving a new melody based on Touré’s blues. “Sina Mory” is the very first song Touré learned to play on the guitar -- this may have been the last time he played it. “Kala Djula,” a griot’s hymn, closes the set as a celebratory song. Its rhythmic feel -- held down by Cachaito -- is cut-time, but the pace is graceful, easy, relaxed. Diabaté’s soloing is breathtaking, full of humor and warmth. Touré interjects his own slippery guitar pattern, creating a second-line melody. This self-titled album is a fitting tribute to Touré’s and Diabaté’s genius and friendship, and is a beautiful farewell.

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