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Kulanjan [sound recording] / Taj Mahal ; Toumani Diabate.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: HNCD 1444 | Hannibal RecordsSpoken language: mannicengfre Publication details: [S.l.] : Hannibal Records, p1999.Description: 1 sound disc (59 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s):
Contents:
Queen Bee (5:03) -- Tunkaranke (6:30) -- Ol'Georgie Buck (4:12) -- Kulanjan (4:34) -- Fanta sacko (4:39) -- Guede man na (6:08) -- Catfish blues (5:28) -- K'an ben (4:58) -- Take this hammer (4:59) -- Atlanta kaira (4:57) -- Mississippi-Mali blues (3:16) -- Sahara (3:59)
Performed by Taj Mahal, guitar, vocals ; Toumani Diabate, Ballake Sissoko, kora ; Kassemady Diabate, Ramatou Diakite, vocals ; Bassekou Kouyate, bass, small ngonis ; Dougouye Koulibaly, kamalengoni, bolon ; Lasana Diabate, mande balafon.
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Adult CD Adult CD Main Library CD BLUES Taj Mahal Available 33111003050834
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This informal collaboration between veteran American bluesman Mahal and Malian kora (it's a 21-stringed lute-like instrument) master Diabate was recorded in an Athens, GA, studio with a sextet of West African string instrumentalists and vocalists. It sounds like a half a world away, with the two mixed cultures merging to create traditional blues based on non-traditional musical values. Mahal's gruff, weary voice is soothed by the Malian crew's sweet tones; conversely, the leaders' picking styles sound as if they were harvested from the same land. Natural, unpretentious, and occasionally sensual, Kulanjan is classy world music without the stuffy undertones. ~ Michael Gallucci

A mixture of blues and West African music.

Compact disc.

Lyrics and program notes in booklet.

Queen Bee (5:03) -- Tunkaranke (6:30) -- Ol'Georgie Buck (4:12) -- Kulanjan (4:34) -- Fanta sacko (4:39) -- Guede man na (6:08) -- Catfish blues (5:28) -- K'an ben (4:58) -- Take this hammer (4:59) -- Atlanta kaira (4:57) -- Mississippi-Mali blues (3:16) -- Sahara (3:59)

Performed by Taj Mahal, guitar, vocals ; Toumani Diabate, Ballake Sissoko, kora ; Kassemady Diabate, Ramatou Diakite, vocals ; Bassekou Kouyate, bass, small ngonis ; Dougouye Koulibaly, kamalengoni, bolon ; Lasana Diabate, mande balafon.

Recorded April 1999 at John Keane Studios, Athens, GA.

Sung in Maninka, Bambara, Wasulunke, English and French.

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