Description
Songhai - Ketama, Toumani Diabate, Danny Thompson / Hannibal Records Audio CD 1998 / HNCD 1323
UPC 5016071132323
Songhai is a fusion flamenco album by Spanish band Ketama, working in collaboration with Malian kora player Toumani Diabaté and other musicians.
Toumani Diabaté (born 10 August 1965) is a Malian kora player. In addition to performing the traditional music of Mali, he has also been involved in cross-cultural collaborations with flamenco, blues, jazz, and other international styles.
Daniel Henry Edward Thompson (born 4 April 1939) is an English multi-instrumentalist best known as a double bassist. He has had a long musical career playing with a large variety of other musicians, particularly Richard Thompson and John Martyn.
For four years, between 1964 and 1967, he was a member of Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, led a trio that included guitarist John McLaughlin, and was a founding member of the British folk-jazz band Pentangle. Since 1987, he has also recorded four solo albums. He converted to Islam in 1990.
| Label: | Hannibal Records – HNCD 1323 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD, Album
|
| Country: | US |
| Released: | 1988 |
| Genre: | Latin, Folk, World, & Country |
| Style: | Flamenco, African |
Tracklist:
| 1 |
Jarabi |
|
3:40
|
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| 2 | Mani Mani Kuru | 5:29 | |
| 3 | Caramelo | 4:18 | |
| 4 | Fandangos Para Toumani |
3:28 | |
| 5 | Vente Pa Madrid | 4:34 | |
| 6 | Africa | 5:23 | |
| 7 | A Mi Ti Marina | 3:36 | |
| 8 | Ne Ne Koitaa |
| 3:17 |
- Arranged By – Toumani Diabate (tracks: 1, 8)
- Backing Vocals – Guillermo (6) (tracks: 5), José Luis Carmona (tracks: 5)
- Bass – Danny Thompson
- Electric Bass – Marcelo Carlos Fuentes (tracks: 5, 7)
- Guitar – Juan Carmona
- Guitar, Vocals – José Soto
- Kora, Vocals – Toumani Diabate
- Mixed By – Carlos Martos
- Percussion – José Miguel Carmona
- Percussion, Guitar – Antonio Carmona
- Producer – Joe Boyd, Mario Pacheco
- Recorded By – Antonio Morales (2)
- Vocals – Antonio Carmona (tracks: 5), Diaw Kouyate (tracks: 2, 6), Djanka Diabate (tracks: 2, 6), José Miguel Carmona (tracks: 5)
- Written-By – Antonio Carmona (tracks: 5), José Miguel Carmona (tracks: 5, 7), José Soto (tracks: 4), Juan Carmona (tracks: 3), Toumani Diabate (tracks: 2, 6)
