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 ABU & GARY's Profile |
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| Location: | Dakar, Rome, & Berkeley, California |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | May 12, 2008 (593 days back) |
About Me |
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^^CLiCK THE PiC^^ WORLD BLUES, featuring world class jazz guitarist Abu Djigo and singer/guitarist Gary Nelson, is a World Acoustic cd, recorded in Dakar, Senegal in West Africa and in California. GUITARS- Abu Djigo is a world musician in the truest sense of the term, based in Italy, the USA, and West Africa. Born in Senegal into the Fulani tribe, he is adept at jazz, blues, and many African styles. Abu tours Europe regularly and travels periodically to Brazil and India to play with musicians there. He co-wrote several songs on the WORLD BLUES album with Deborah Barer and Gary Nelson. Abu plays guitar with Taman Kan, led by Baba Sissoko (Sting, Buena Vista Social Club, Habib Koite, Youssou 'n Dour, Salif Keita, Ry Cooder), and has performed with Solo Cissokho, Oumou Sangare, and many more. VOCALS, GUITARS - Gary Nelson has performed with Grammy nominee Judy Mowatt of the Wailers and I Threes, Joe Higgs (mentor of Bob Marley), David Paich (founder of Toto), Hux Brown (Toots & the Maytals), Chepito Areas (Santana), Fully Fullwood, Tony Chin, Tenor Grant, and Earl Zero (Soul Syndicate), Zulu Spear, Barry Melton (Country Joe & the Fish), and Rankin' Scroo. Gary plays bass and sings harmony for alternative/neo-soul/reggae group BASS CULTURE and for reggae singer/songwriter Cosmo. ^^CLiCK THE PiC^^ For an account of Abu & Gary's recording sessions in Senegal, click here'Shadow Dance' - © 2002 - Abu Djigo, Deborah Barer, Gary Nelson, Kola Adesokan, 'Miracle Quest' - © 2002 - Abu Djigo, Deborah Barer, Gary Nelson.This site is dedicated to John Darius Sherman and Ali Farka Toure. |
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Music:Member Since: 3/6/2007Band Website: basscultureproductions.com Band Members: Baboulaye Cissokho The WORLD BLUES BAND - KORA (21 string gourd harp) - Baboulaye Cissokho (featured on Grammy award winning cd 'Egypt' by Youssou N'Dour on Nonesuch Records and on the dvd 'Roll Back Malaria'), YORUBA VOCALS - Kola Adesokan, BASS VIOL - Patrick McKenna (Henry Kaiser, Harvey Mandel), RAP - Taiye Robinson, KAMELNGONI (Malian hunter’s harp) - Mamadou Sidibe (Toumani Diabate, Oumou Sangare, Ramata Diakite, Markus James, Solo Cissokho), Dianka Cissokho (National Ballet of Senegal), PIPA, RUAN (Chinese lutes) - Ma Jie (Tianjin Conservatory of Music), CALABASSE (gourd percussion) - Djiby Diallo, TAMBIN (Fulani bamboo flute) - Issa Camara, 5 STRING NGONI (goat skin lute/banjo) - Omar Sall, 8 STRING NGONI - Mamadou Sakho, DJEMBE, CONGAS, TABLA, PERCUSSION - Abdul Waheed Influences: mbalax, jazz, blues, Brazilian, Wassoulou, reggae, hip hop Sounds Like: a fresh acoustic blend Record Label: looking, contact basscultur@yahoo.com Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Acoustic / Roots Music / Afro-beat) |
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SOLO CISSOKHO, Ellika Frisell |
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| Our Senegalese friend Solo Cissokho has 2 excellent albums out, playing kora with Swedish fiddle player Ellika Solo. Listen at ellikasolo.com. Also hear Solo and Mamadou Sidibe (kamelngoni with Mamado... Posted by ABU & GARY on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:28:00 PST |
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ABU DJIGO with Taman Kan on YouTube |
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| TAMAN KAN in Salerno, Italy, May 1, 2007featuring Baba Sissoko, Abu Djigo, Yancouba Diebate... Posted by ABU & GARY on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:31:00 PST |
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OMAR KA & Fula Band |
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| Sahara Blues meets Dakar Sound!www.omarka.com Posted by ABU & GARY on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:09:00 PST |
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BASS CULTURE QUARTET Live at www.kpfa.org/listen/ |
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| Catch the BASS CULTURE QUARTET (Nez B, Jennifer Jolly, Gary Nelson, Abdul Waheed) live on Friday, January 25 from 8:30 - 9:00 pm Pacific Time on KPFA 94.1 FM. You can hear the show worldwide at www.kp... Posted by ABU & GARY on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:57:00 PST |
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BASS CULTURE, Will Calhoun, Little Axe, Ranking Roger, Ma Jie, A Fula’s Call, Sogh, Toumani Diabate, Mamadou and Vanessa, Taj Mahal, Oumou Sangare, Souleyman Faye, Vieux Farka Touré, Yancouba Diébaté, Ibou cissokho, Nuru Kane and Baye Fall Gnawa, Bassekou Kouyate, SUN SOOLEY OFFICIAL, dave., Skankenstein, Afropop, Prince Diabate, hydraMela >Life is BeautifuL<, senegal acoustic, Ted Mann, Composer, Christina Lux, YIRI BAA, M’s Words with Music, S.I.M. Techno Bossa Sound, Sacred Mother Arts, Empress Blondy Myspace Promotions, Maua, Maquis Bamako, Dj Chris Kryptonite, next left, Dewey Hocevar, Matt Stevens, Marina and Cie, MARIJUANA MUSIC AWARDS, p.g, Mikki, WSTX FM 100, Andrea Zonn, THE EVERLIVING SOUL OF THE WARRIOR., U.S. HEMP, Solomelo, DesertBlues, Daniel Barbiero, Sir Anthony, Miki, Adia, Ganapati, Orient Squeezers, Matthew Hollingsworth, MOUFALL, LittleDrummerGal, FALLOU, Diarapha, ILLINOIS JOHN FEVER, Noam Vazana, Ellen Garfield, SIKO BAND GOREE, Stephan Lukacic, Ola Siemieniuk, MaxE, MADYA DIEBATE, April Caspari, Mala, matty James aka silverman, Beaucoup Blue, richard bee
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