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Sarala Limited Vinyl 2LP Set

by Hank Jones

Release Date: 27 August 2021

Format: LP Double Vinyl

Label: Decca

£24.99

Hank Jones Sarala Limited Vinyl 2LP Set

Overview:

Released in 1995, Sarala marked its time by generating a genuine enthusiasm for Mandingo music, encouraging many Western musicians to go to Mali and explore this music at its very source. Fruit of the reunion of Hank Jones (an African-American musician and one of the most gifted pianists of his generation) and Cheick-Tidiane Seck (a reputed arranger, band-leader, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Mali) the album is a symbiosis – one of the spirit and the heart – of two genres. Despite the bites of time and the vicissitudes of history, these two genres nevertheless perpetuate the same immemorial gesture, that of Mandingo plainsong, the very source and substance of gospel, which adapts without cease to the most modern of sounds thanks to the virtuosity of the musicians gathered together.

Featured Tracks:

LP1

Aly Kawele
Sarala
Maningafoly
Tounia Kanibala
Komidiara
Fantague

LP2

Make
Walidi Ya
Soundjata
Hank Miri
Hadja Fadima
Moriba Ka Foly