Balimaya Project - Wolo So (Jazz Re:Freshed)

WHAT YOUR EARS SAY & WHAT THE COVER LOOKS LIKE

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WHAT WE SAY

Get your Friday freak on & launch into the weekend with the horn & string assisted, propulsive polyrhythmic joys & full on celebration of Mandé music from London's Balimaya Project for Jazz Re:freshed & pray to Mangala that live music returns soon as this crew will undoubtedly smash any show.

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WHAT THE RELEASE NOTES SAY

Driving collective polyrhythms, blazing frontline horns & virtuosic kora stylings collide across this dynamic meeting of traditional Mandé music/culture and contemporary jazz.
CreditsYahael Camara Onono - Lead Djembe/Arranger/Composer/ Voice /Sangban 
N’famady Kouyaté - Balafon/Sangban/ Voice 
Jali Bakary Konte - Kora 
Skanda Sabbagh - Dounoun 
Adeegun Crispin Robinson - Congas/voice 
Paul Goumou - Omele/Shekere/Sakara 
Michael Adesina - Lead Talking Drums/Sakara 
Moses Olukayode - Talking Drums/Sakara 
Yohan Kebede - Keys 
Godwin Sonzi - Guitar/voice 
Jonathan Monga Moko - Bass/voice 
Nathaniel Cross - Trombone 
Joe Bristow - Trombone 
Elias Ntiamoah Atkinson - Flugelhorn/Trumpet 
Ife Ogunjobi - Trumpet 
Triston Dubison - Kit 
Mariam Tounkara Koné - Solo Vocal 

Recorded at: Livingston Studios 
Engineered by: Marcus Locock 
Mixed by: Marcus Locock 
Mastered by: Daz-I-Kue 
Date recorded: July 2020 

Thanks to: 
I’d like to thank my ‘father’ Sidiki Dembele for his undying encouragement, mentoring, care and Attention and education in tradition and culture. 

A big thanks to my Family - Balimaya Project - without whom, none of this would be possible. The talent that surrounds us all is extraordinary. 

To Michelea Onono and Adaiba Onono, for keeping us Sane. 

Thanks to Andrew Azuka Uchea (RIP), Frances Uchea and the Uchea family for their prayers and support throughout my life and career. 

Marcus Locock, for working with us singlehandedly and doing a hell of a job 

Last but definitely not least, a huge thank you to Jazz re:freshed. Adam, Yvette and team, You have consistently followed and supported everything we have done. Advised, sacrificed and supported. To pull this off during a pandemic was no mean feat. But your unwavering positivity and encouragement has been priceless. What you do for the community, in general, is indescribable. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.​