Role Musician Name Ablaye Cissoko | Website ablaye-cissoko.com Years active 1982-present | |
Occupation(s) Musician, singer, composer Albums African Jazz Roots, Mes racines Nominations Independent Music Award for Best Song - World Traditional Similar People Volker Goetze, Simon Goubert, Jean‑Jacques Avenel, KO Profiles | ||
Ablaye cissoko volker goetze sira
Ablaye Cissoko is a Senegalese musician, singer and composer, who plays the kora.
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- Ablaye cissoko volker goetze sira
- Katie chats smitheetv volker goetze ablaye cissoko filmmaker musicians griot
- Discography
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His show is called "Le Griot Rouge" (named after his second album) sounds about the legend of the man who has created the kora. During this performance, Ablaye Cissoko transmits with smoothness, grace and intelligence the values of a generous tradition and sings with sincerity the peace and the respect of the other. He usually plays all around the world. His tours passed through Portugal, France, Belgium, Senegal, Mali, Canada, Germany, Norway, Russia.
He collaborated with trumpeter Volker Goetze and they released three albums as a duo, Sira in 2008, Amanké Dionti in 2012 and Djaliya in 2014. Sira entered the top 10 world music radio chart on CMJ in January 2009.
A feature-length documentary follows Cissoko, who is determined to preserve his thousand-year-old tradition. In the documentary Cissoko has a dream to have a thriving cultural center where children can come to learn the traditions of their forefathers.
Katie chats smitheetv volker goetze ablaye cissoko filmmaker musicians griot
Discography
Solo
with Volker Goetze
with Majid Bekkas
with Simon Goubert