Africa (Toumani Diabaté)

Toumani Diabaté, Ketama & Danny Thompson · 1988 · Composition de Toumani Diabaté, face B de Songhai

Context

Composition by Toumani Diabaté (5 min 23), sixth track of Songhai. The voices of Diaw Kouyate and Djanka Diabaté are listed in the credits.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Afrobeat, makossa, highlife-jazz, Flamenco jazz. Among the origins and influences of Afrobeat, makossa, highlife-jazz: Soul jazz, boogaloo, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk.

By the same artist

• Jarabi (1988)
• Mani Mani Kuru (1988)
• Ne Ne Koitaa (1988)
• A Toumani (1988)

Sources

• EN: Songhai (album)
• EN: Toumani Diabaté

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