Isa Coulibaly Duet (Kati 2012) Sogoninkun

A duet studio recording of jembe player Isa Coulibaly from Kati and dundun player Madu Jakite from Bamako, shot in Jan 2012 in the city of Kati, where Isa has apprenticed and worked for all his career. The two players do not play together regularly, nor did they rehearse or discuss prior to the session, which makes all the more evident both their expertise and how belonging to a stylistic/repertorial community is important for improvisatory music practice.
Coulibaly is a respected professional drummer from the town of Kati, some 15km to the north of Bamako. He is a former student of Namori Keita from Mali, some of whose recordings were used as audio samples that accompany my book (see publications). His improvisatory playing is quite creative, full of hot surprises and expressivity on the one hand and coolness on the other. Twelve more recordings of his duet playing can be found in the audio album "The Art of Jenbe Drumming: The Mali Tradition, Vol 3."
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