View basket “Pop n Mento” has been added to your basket. Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng Orchestra Baobab SKU: WCV092 Barcode: 5056032308275 16.00 £16.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: World Circuit Released Date: 31st March 2017 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info West Africa’s most iconic dance-band are back. A decade on from their last album and almost half a century since their formation, Senegal’s Orchestra Baobab return with a timeless set of classic, swaying tunes fusing Afro-Cuban rhythms and African tradition in the group’s trademark style. Available on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Recorded locally in Moussa X’s Dakar studio, the new recordings sound fresh and yet reassuringly familiar, retaining the ripeness of the sound that made Orchestra Baobab a legend but interpreted with a vigour and vibrancy, and with a few twists, that are vital and captivating. As enduring as the mighty African Baobab tree from which the group derives its name, the veteran core of the band remains as strong and sturdy as ever. Vocalists Balla Sidibe and Rudy Gomis, saxophonists Issa Sissoko and Thierno Koite and the long-serving, rock steady rhythm section of Balla Sidibe, timbales, Charlie Ndiaye bass and Mountaga Koite on congas. Alongside this impressive continuity there have been changes in the ten years since Baobab’s last World Circuit album, ‘Made in Dakar’ – but they have been executed seamlessly. Guitarist Barthelemy Attisso, now a lawyer in Togo, is absent due to the demands of his day job but kora player Abdouleye Cissoko from the Cassamance region in southern Senegal is a welcome addition. It’s the first time Baobab has numbered a kora player in its permanent ranks but Cissoko’s rippling strings have blended seamlessly into the sound and lent a fresh dynamic. Elsewhere Baobab’s distinctive two saxophone attack – which combines the vibrato laden declamatory style of Issa Cissoko with the softer more lyrical playing of Thierno Koite – has been bolstered by trombonist Wilfried Zinzou and the young virtuosic guitarist Rene Sowatche, both from the fertile musical pastures of Benin. Veteran vocalist Balla Sidibe is a commanding presence on the album with his triple threat of musical influences – Manding from Guinea/Mali, creole from Cassamance and Afro-Cuban. Two special guests memorably add their voices to the mix. Cheikh Lo dropped by the studio to add his soulful tones to ‘Magno Kouto’ and Thione Seck – who left Babobab in 1979 for a career as one of West Africa’s biggest solo stars – reunites with his old band mates for the first time in over 35 years to reprise his first hit ‘Sey’. ‘Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng’ is dedicated to one of the bands original vocalists who sadly died in November 2016. His songs will continue to be sung with the band by his son Alpha. It represents the latest chapter in a long and storied career that started in 1970 when the newly-formed Orchestra Baobab helped forge Dakar into one of the world’s most vital musical cities. Over the next decade the group dominated the local scene and produced countless hits before disbanding in the early eighties. Since then they’ve toured the world to international acclaim and have now been back together as long as they were in the belle epoque of the group’s first incarnation. This, their third album since their felicitous comeback – produced by Nick Gold, Lamine Faye and Jerry Boys – is an irresistible mix of velvet harmonies, warm and heartfelt vocals, smoky sax and sweetly shimmering kora and guitar lines, expertly crafted and masterfully delivered with a poise and virtuosity built up over a lifetime. Artist Orchestra Baobab Genre World / Fusion Label World Circuit Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Foulo Fayinkounko Natalia Magnokouto Mariama Woulinewa Sey Caravana Douga Alekouma Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Orchestra Baobab and more from World / Fusion View Product Quick View Orchestra Baobab Specialist In All Styles (50th Anniversary LP) World / Fusion | World Circuit | 180g, 2LP Released 25th September 2020 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Orchestra Baobab Specialist In All Styles (50th Anniversary LP) £25.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: World Circuit SKU: 4050538498769 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 25th September 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Adrian Quesada Boleros Psicodélicos World / Fusion | ATO | 1LP Released 3rd June 2022 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Adrian Quesada Boleros Psicodélicos £20.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: ATO SKU: ATO0596LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd June 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Les Filles De Illighadad At Pioneer Works World / Fusion | Sahel Sounds | 1LP Released 28th May 2021 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Les Filles De Illighadad At Pioneer Works £20.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Sahel Sounds SKU: SS063LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th May 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Gipsy Kings Mosaïque Rock And Pop | Elektra Musician | 1LP Released 7th February 2023 £12.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Gipsy Kings Mosaïque £12.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Elektra Musician SKU: nn257503 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 7th February 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Toumani Diabaté and the London Symphony Orchestra Kôrôlén World / Fusion | World Circuit | 180g, 1LP Released 23rd April 2021 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Toumani Diabaté and the London Symphony Orchestra Kôrôlén £25.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: World Circuit SKU: 4050538647044 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 23rd April 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nubiyan Twist Freedom Fables World / Fusion | Strut | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 19th April 2024 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nubiyan Twist Freedom Fables £29.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Strut SKU: STRUT225LP Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 19th April 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fela Kuti Live! with Ginger Baker World / Fusion | Partisan Records | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 15th October 2021 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fela Kuti Live! with Ginger Baker £21.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Partisan Records SKU: KFR2003-3 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 15th October 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists Thai? 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