Alhaji Konte Bai / Konte,Dembo / Jobate,Ma Lamini - Gambian Griot Kora Duets [LP] Bridge It's a Big World Outside

It's a Big World Outside

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balancing detailed composition with freedom and collective improvisation-music shaped as much by individual voices as by the shared identity they have built together

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Alhaji Konte Bai / Konte,Dembo / Jobate,Ma Lamini - Gambian Griot Kora Duets [LP] Bridge It's a Big World OutsideThe hypnotic, delicate strum of the kora, the harp like instrument strung on a halved gourd, has been a trademark of West African music for centuries. Gambian Griot Kora Duets (1979), featuring the master player Alhaji Bai Konte and his equally influential son Dembo Konte and Ma Lamini Jobate, is a remarkable recording that documents an evolution in the kora's use in the traditional music of the Gambia. The album, made in Dembo and Alhjai Bai Konte's