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Orchestra Baobab

Balimaya Project: When The Dust Settles

by Chris May
August 12, 2023

Formed in 2019 by London-based drummer and percussionist Yahael Camara Onono, the sixteen-piece Balimaya Project blends traditional West African Mandé music with modal jazz and other sounds out of modern Black London. The ensemble's closest comparator, albeit at some remove, is the veteran Senegalese band Orchestra Baobab who, in the 1980s, were hugely popular at home ...

Tribute to Ndouga Dieng

By Orchestra Baobab

Label: World Circuit
Released: 2017
Track listing: Foulo; Fayinkounko; Natalia; Magnokouto; Mariama; Woulinewa; Sey; Caravana; Douga; Alekouma.

Orchestra Baobab: Tribute to Ndouga Dieng

by Geno Thackara
May 10, 2017

There's no rule for pinpointing the exact spot where a group goes from group to institution. If you have to ask whether a certain name has reached that point, that probably means the answer is no--but if we're talking about a widely loved ensemble with a 47-year history, it should be a good bet that they've ...

Dawda Jobarteh: Northern Light Gambian Night

by Chris May
August 31, 2011

Dawda JobartehNorthern Light Gambian NightSterns Music2011 As the Gaddafis, Assads, Kim Jongs and other poisoned bloodlines (how long have you got?) remind us, dynastic succession is usually bad news. But in African music, bloodlines are benign: from childhood, a musician learns his art from a family elder ...

Part 19 - Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band: Live

by Chris May
February 18, 2011

Chopteeth Afrofunk Big BandLiveGrigri Discs2011 Washington, DC-based Chopteeth isn't exactly an Afrobeat band, not all of the time anyway. Fela Kuti pieces figure in its set list, but so do “belle epoque" tunes from Guinea's Le Simandou De Beyla, Senegal's Orchestra Baobab, Congo's Tabu Ley Rochereau and ...

Orchestra Baobab: Made In Dakar

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 3, 2008

Tra le cose più belle successe nella già ricchissima produzione musicale senegalese, il ritorno nel 2002 di un'orchestra importante come l'Orchestra Baobab è stato accolto ovunque con grande entusiasmo, consentendo alla stampa generalista di surfare l'onda lunga del filone “buenavistasocialclub" [le cose sono ben diverse in realtà] e agli appassionati di musica africana di riappropriarsi di ...

Specialist In All Styles

By Orchestra Baobab

Label: World Circuit
Released: 2003
Track listing: Bul Ka Miin; Sutukun; D

Orchestra Baobab: Specialist In All Styles

by AAJ Staff
February 10, 2003

Hot on the heels of the recently reissued 1982 classic Pirate's Choice, the Orchestra Baobab recently re-formed to deliver an update to its signature Afro-Cuban sound. Unlike music of the same name which comes from the diaspora traditions of Cuba, Baobab goes at it the other way around. Whereas traditional Afro-Cuban music reflects the West African ...

Specialist In All Styles

By Orchestra Baobab

Label: Muzika Vdoh
Released: 2002