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Toumani Diabaté, Ketama & Danny Thompson · 1988 · Air traditionnel arrangé par Toumani Diabaté

Context

Traditional Mandinka melody arranged by Toumani Diabaté, which opens Songhai (1988), a flamenco fusion record by the Spanish group Ketama with the Malian kora player and the British double bassist Danny Thompson.

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

• Mani Mani Kuru (1988)
• Africa (Toumani Diabaté) (1988)
• Ne Ne Koitaa (1988)
• A Toumani (1988)

Sources

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

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