Alhaji Bai Konte (arr. David Bloom) - Alla l'aa ke | Contemporaneous

Alla l'aa ke (1973, arr. 2019) - Alhaji Bai Konte, arr. David Bloom
(world premiere arrangement)

Alhaji Bai Konte was a prominent griot (praise and storytelling singer)
and 21-string kora player from Brikama, Gambia. A regular on Radio
Gambia and Radio Senegal, his father and sons were and are also noted
kora players. Believed to be the first kora player to perform as a soloist in
the United States, Konte played the 1973 Newport Jazz Festival and
made several recordings following this debut.

Fanny Wyrick-Flax — flutes
Stuart Breczinski — oboe
Vicente Alexim — clarinets
Gleb Kanasevich — clarinets
David Nagy — bassoon
Bert Hill — horn
Evan Honse — trumpet
Daniel Linden — trombone
Matt Evans — percussion
Adam Holmes — percussion
Jordan Dodson — guitar
Lucy Dhegrae — voice
Sabrina Tabby — violin
Finnegan Shanahan — violin
Josh Henderson — violin
Lauren Cauley Kalal — violin
Hannah Levinson — viola
Scot Moore — viola
Dylan Mattingly — cello
Julia Henderson — cello
Pat Swoboda — contrabass
David Bloom — conductor