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Djembe &
Mande Music Page/Review Section
MICHAEL WALL'S FAVORITE
DJEMBE/DUNUN RESOURCES
Aloha! The challenge of having a
huge music collection is that the
favorites keep changing as the collection
grows. Here's my updated
(11/21/98) list of "most useful listening
materials". These recordings
reflect a) hot performances, b) great
dunun arrangements,
c) excellent recording quality and d)
usefulness to the student wishing to study Mande music.
| TITLE |
Rhythmen und Lieder
Aus Guinea |
| ARTIST |
Famoudou Konate |
| NUMBER |
ISBN 3-930915-68-5 |
| COMPANY |
Institute fur Didaktik
populaerer Musik
Hauptstr. 34 D-021436 Oldershausen Germany |
| YEAR |
1997 |
| TITLE |
Rhythmen der Malinke |
| ARTIST |
Famoudou Konate |
| NUMBER |
CD 18 |
| COMPANY |
Museum fur Volkerkunde
Berlin
Stauffenbergstrasse 42, D-10785 Berlin |
| Fax |
49-30-266-29-85 |
| YEAR |
1991 |
| TITLE |
Guinee-Percussions
and Chants |
| ARTIST |
Famoudou Konate |
| NUMBER |
927272 |
| COMPANY |
Buda Musique 188
bd Voltaire; Paris 75011; |
| YEAR |
1998 |
| TITLE |
Guinea-Malinke
Rhythms and Songs |
| ARTIST |
Famoudou Konate
Maitre-Djembe &
l'Ensemble Hamana Dan Ba |
| NUMBER |
92727-2 |
| COMPANY |
Buda Records /
Musique Du Monde |
| Available through |
http://www.cdmail.fr |
| YEAR |
1998 |
| TITLE |
Wassolon |
| ARTIST |
Mamady Keita &
Sewa Kan |
| NUMBER |
fmd 159 |
| COMPANY |
Fonti Musicali
/ Qualiton Imports, NY |
| YEAR |
1989 |
| TITLE |
Nankama |
| ARTIST |
Mamady Keita |
| NUMBER |
fmd 195 |
| COMPANY |
Fonti Musicali
/ Qualiton Imports, NY |
| TITLE |
Mogobalu |
| ARTIST |
Mamady Keita |
| NUMBER |
fmd 205 |
| COMPANY |
Fonti Musicali
/ Qualiton Imports, NY
(Double CD) |
| YEAR |
1995 |
| TITLE |
Hamanah |
| ARTIST |
Mamady Keita with
Famoudou Konate |
| NUMBER |
fmd 211 |
| COMPANY |
Fonti Musicali
/ Qualiton Imports, NY |
| YEAR |
1996 |
| TITLE |
Afo |
| ARTIST |
Mamady Keita &
Sewa Kan |
| NUMBER |
fmd 215 |
| COMPANY |
Fonti Musicali |
| YEAR |
1998 |
| TITLE |
Djembe Practice
Tapes |
| SUBTITLE |
(CASSETTE) Soli, Kassa, Kuku, Soko |
| AUTHOR |
Michael MarkusMamady
Keita & Sewa Kan |
| NUMBER |
fmd 215 |
| COMPANY |
Michael J Markus
Productions, 228 East 26th St, #IC; New York, NY 10010
(212) 889-9486 amarkus@aol.com |
| YEAR |
1996 |
| TITLE |
Dunun (Jun-Jun) Rhythms 1
(CASSETTE) (djembe) |
| AUTHOR |
Mabiba Baenge |
| PUBLISHER |
Matanga (408) 459-0785 |
| YEAR |
1996 |
| TITLE |
Journey into Rhythm (djembe)
2 volumes
(INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO) |
| AUTHOR |
Karamba Diabate |
| PUBLISHER |
Third Ear Productions
1 888 535-1425 Tamuze@aol.com |
| YEAR |
1996 |
| TITLE |
Hands On Drumming
(Vol 1-4)
(INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO) |
| AUTHOR |
Paulo Mattioli |
| PUBLISHER |
African Percussion
115 S. Topanga Canyon Blvd, Suite 169
Topanga Canyon, CA 90290 (818) 591-3111 |
| YEAR |
1996 |
| TITLE |
African Percussion (Instructional
book with notation and examples
CD) |
| AUTHOR |
Serge Blanc |
| DISTIBUTOR |
Michael Wall (808)737-3786 |
| TITLE |
Westafrikanische
Djemberhythmen |
| ARTIST |
Percussion Collective |
| NUMBER |
666666+1 |
| COMPANY |
Stephan Rigert,
Steinerstrasse 20;
3006 Bern, Switzerland |
| YEAR |
1996 |
...and the long out of print soundtrack
from Mamady Keita's film
"Djembefola" is phenomenal. The
recording quality is poor, but this may be one of the hottest performances
on record! I sincerely hope that SOMEDAY it is re-released.
michael wall
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