Alhaji Bai Konte

Kora Melodies: Music from Gambia, West Africa - Alhaji Bai Konte

Release Date: 1/01/1989

Recording Date: 1/1979

Tracks: 14

Length: 00:11:20 Hrs

Label: Rounder

Type: CS,CD

Genre/Styles

Album Tracks (14)

Song Title
Length
Lyrics
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05:35
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06:06
4.
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02:09
5.
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04:52
6.
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06:19
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02:32
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04:23
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05:02
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06:51
12.
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05:34
14.
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15:54

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What the Critics Say

Alhaji Bai Konte is an African music master able to fit a traditional instrument and sensibility into a contemporary framework. Konte plays the kora, a 21-stringed harp, with such rhythmic virtuosity and wide-ranging ability that he negates questions of language and adaptability. His 14-cut disc features everything from a 58-second fragment, "Tuning Kora," to a spectacular six-plus-minute triumph, "Cedo." During the disc, he demonstrates the properties, appeal, and charm of the kora, sometimes going through uptempo pieces that accent his speed, other times probing and exploring an ancient number in a manner that showcases his knowledge of and reverence for vintage African music. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

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