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INTAKT RECORDS

KALO-YELE

$18.35

Details

Artist
BRONNIMANN / NIGGLI / KEITA
Format
CD
Label
INTAKT RECORDS
Released
Jan 29, 2016
Catalog #
ITK261.2
UPC
7640120192617

About

Aly Keita is one of the grand masters of the balafon, the West African xylophone. The Ivorian musician fits the balafon in interaction with artists such as Joe Zawinul, Omar Sosa and Jan Garbarek. Together with the Swiss clarinetist Jan Galega Bronnimann and Swiss drummer Lucas Niggli Keita mixes the traditional African repertoire with Western jazz, Improvisation and African rhythms. This "Brotherhood of vibes and grooves" takes the audience on an adventurous ride. The first element that underlies "Kalo-Yele" ("moonlight" in Bambara) is a human and affective dimension, whose origin lies many miles from Switzerland and several decades before the three musicians entered the studio. Niggli and Jan Galega Bronnimann were actually born in Cameroon and they have been friends since they were... one year old! So, they spent their youth to the sounds and rhythms of West African music. Thierry Quenum writes in the liner notes: "If you ever wanted to try and classify the repertoire and interaction of these three musicians, I'd just have to wish you good luck! For each of them can handle the melody as well as the rhythm, or sail close to the jazz coasts as easily as near the banks of so called "world music".

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 Kalo-Yele 05:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Kalo-Yele
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Aly Keita
    Performer
    Jan Galega Brönnimann, Aly Keita, Lucas Niggli
  2. 2 Nyanga 04:54
    Track
    2
    Title
    Nyanga
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Jan Galega Brönnimann
    Performer
    Jan Galega Brönnimann, Aly Keita, Lucas Niggli
  3. 3 Bean Bag 06:04
    Track
    3
    Title
    Bean Bag
    Duration
    06:04
    Composer
    Lucas Niggli
    Performer
    Jan Galega Brönnimann, Aly Keita, Lucas Niggli
  4. 4 Mamabamako 05:13
    Track
    4
    Title
    Mamabamako
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    Jan Galega Brönnimann
    Performer
    Jan Galega Brönnimann, Aly Keita, Lucas Niggli
  5. 5 Makuku 04:47
    Track
    5
    Title
    Makuku
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Aly Keita
    Performer
    Jan Galega Brönnimann, Aly Keita, Lucas Niggli
  6. 6 Langa 04:10
    Track
    6
    Title
    Langa
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Jan Galega Brönnimann
    Performer
    Jan Galega Brönnimann, Aly Keita, Lucas Niggli
  7. 7 Abidjan Serenade 05:06
    Track
    7
    Title
    Abidjan Serenade
    Duration
    05:06
    Composer
    Jan Galega Brönnimann
    Performer
    Jan Galega Brönnimann, Aly Keita, Lucas Niggli
  8. 8 Dreams of Mikael 06:04
    Track
    8
    Title
    Dreams of Mikael
    Duration
    06:04
    Composer
    Aly Keita
    Performer
    Jan Galega Brönnimann, Aly Keita, Lucas Niggli
  9. 9 Bafut 04:29
    Track
    9
    Title
    Bafut
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Jan Galega Brönnimann
    Performer
    Jan Galega Brönnimann, Aly Keita, Lucas Niggli
  10. 10 Adjamé Street 04:58
    Track
    10
    Title
    Adjamé Street
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Aly Keita
    Performer
    Jan Galega Brönnimann, Aly Keita, Lucas Niggli