Kakande / Imaginary Homeland
Modern griot grooves and visionary world music fusion
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"Leading the jazz-infused international troupe Kakande, a band that successfully features traditional balafon melodies backed by flute, cellos and electric guitars alike, he (Dioubate) has found a uniquely stunning, textured sound." - CMJ
Kakande
The balafon (xylophone) has electrified popular music in West Africa since the court of Emperor Sundiata Keita back in 1235. With his band Kakande, Famoro Dioubate updates this tradition with an explosive new groove. Lush vocals, sinewy koras, flutes and cellos meet the virtuosic balafon of this master griot from Guinea.
Imaginary Homeland
This acoustic jazz quartet takes a global view, with talking drums, African rhythms and fiddle music of the Sahara. Led by the "visionary jazz and world-music saxophonist" (Hartford Courant) David Rogers, the band’s sound has been called “a fusion masterpiece” - All About Jazz
"Visionary jazz and world-music … drenched in African rhythms, melodies and tonal colors." - Hartford Courant
"Brilliant … speaks with loneliness and longing native to everyone."- Jazz Review
“Imaginary Homeland brings together African xylophone … and talking drums with New York jazz and Appalachian fiddle in [a] seemingly impossible fusion. But from the opening strains of ‘Kanawha Girl’ they had me hooked.” - Dirty Linen Magazine
7 pm doors, 8 pm show.
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