Ablaye Cissoko
Ablaye Cissoko | |
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Background information | |
Born | 1970 Kolda, Senegal |
Genres | World, world fusion |
Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, composer |
Instrument(s) | Kora |
Years active | 1982–present[1] |
Labels | ObliqSound, Motéma Music |
Website | ablaye-cissoko |
Ablaye Cissoko is a Senegalese musician, singer and composer, who plays the kora.
Career
As a solo musician, he has played live shows in several countries, including Portugal, France, Belgium, Senegal, Mali, Canada, Germany, Norway and Russia. He has collaborated extensively with trumpeter Volker Goetze and they have released three albums as a duo: Sira in 2008, Amanké Dionti in 2012 and Djaliya in 2014. Sira entered the top 10 world music radio chart on CMJ in January 2009.[2]
Another collaboration with the Constantinople ensemble playing traditional Persian music resulted in the albums Jardins migrateurs (2012) and Traversées (2019).[citation needed]
Film
A 2011 feature-length documentary, Griot, directed by Volker Goetze, follows Cissoko, who is determined to preserve his thousand-year-old kora tradition. In the documentary Cissoko has a dream to have a thriving cultural centre where children can come to learn the traditions of their forefathers.[3]
Discography
Solo
- 2003: Diam (Ma Case / L'autre distribution)
- 2005: Le Griot Rouge (Ma Case / L'autre distribution)
- 2013: Mes Racines
with Volker Goetze
- 2008: Sira (ObliqSound)
- 2012: Amanké Dionti (Motéma)
- 2014: Djaliya
with Cyrille Brotto
- 2022: Deme Deme
with Majid Bekkas
- 2011: Mabrouk (Bee Jazz)
with Simon Goubert
- 2012: African Jazz Roots (Cristal)
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- Living people
- Senegalese Kora players
- 20th-century Senegalese male singers
- 1970 births
- Motéma Music artists
- 21st-century Senegalese male singers