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FIMBER BRAVO & KADIALY KOUYATE:
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Since leaving Trinidad, Bravo has recordedsteel pan
on albums with artists as diverse as Winifred Atwell and Morcheeba.
With the prestigious Pan Am North Stars he played throughout
the world at venues like Carnegie Hall.
Kadialy Kouyate grew up in Southern Senegal. His maternal
grandmother, Kediaw Drame, herself a griot, introduced Kadialy
to a grat wealth of songs and stories developping his cora
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The Album "Small Talk" came about one night in Break House in Oxfordshire when Bravo met Kadialy Kouyate, the kora player, for the first time. The musicians started to play together for friends and family present. Kadialy had not encountered the steel pan before. Bravo, in order to achieve a more intimate sound played his pan, without a stand, on his lap. 'Small Talk' - the title track, 'Remembering' and 'We Are The Same' were all born of that first night of improvisation together. The album also has a number of tracks written individually by both Bravo and Kadialy. Kadialy sings and plays both his versions of traditional songs, songs which often tell stories and his own original music. Bravo has composed songs inspired by the old Kaiso storytelling tradition of the Caribbean. Small Talk has fused two traditions of Africa and the Caribbean, from the Griot and the Calypsonian, together with their traditional instruments, the Kora and the Steel Pan, in an innovative and contemporary way.
"One of the best and most surprising CD's in the year!
Rather remarkable. Great! One of my CD's of the year, rather
wonderful!" "It's magic - Completely unique. Look out for it, it's
an excellent album" "A tapestry of multi-hued beauty... the playing is faultless
throughout - A splendid mix ...seamlessly blended to create
something new" "The delightfully small talk!" "A wonderful platform for exploration and fulfillment
...perfectly capturing the joy that musicians feel creating
something unique together ...a little bit magical..." "Small Talk - One of this year's pleasanter surprises,
such a pleasure, a delicate and lyrical affair ...easy to
warm to" "One of top five African albums" "A gem, a stand-out cut diamond of a record, a jewel
in the crown. A musical concept of great beauty in this historic
meeting of steel pan and kora." "Numbers which defy the listener to stay still...Bravo-Bravo
play as they have no respect for anyone on God's earth...food
for thought...strident and thoughtfully arranged...Riddims
to sweat to for sure...capture Bravo-Bravo!" "Mesmerizing Steel Pan" "Fimber Bravo and young Senegalese kora player Kadialy
Kouyate found a common thread, and proceeded to weave it into
a tapestry of multi-hued beauty..It really worked those two
instruments (the steel pan and kora) coming together." |
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"Fimber Bravo and young Senegalese kora player
Kadialy Kouyate found a common thread, and proceeded
to weave it into a tapestry of multi-hued beauty..It
really worked those two instruments (the steel pan and
kora) coming together."
on
Spotify
