N'Faly Kouyate - Kora Grooves - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Japan.

This Varied Piano Recital from the Bella Musica tag of Keyboard Works Stretching Across Three Centuries and Spotlighting Six Composers Highlights the Playing of the Doyen of German Pianists, Prof. Manfred Reuthe. A Berliner of Impeccable Degree, He Has Taught for Over 40 Years in Addition to Giving Concerts and Recitals All Over the World, Yet His Playing Remains Fresh and Vigorous Still. His Recital Programs Often Feature the Virtuosic Works of the 19th C. Romantic Piano Tradition, Including Those By the Austro-German Romantics and the French Impressionists.

Seckou Keita presents his Quartet with West African kora, a host of African drums and percussion, double bass, Egyptian violin, riti (fiddle), n'goni (lute), cajon. Beautiful, soothing, near-hypnotic music. 'Seckou Keita, an inspired exponent of the Kora, can make the West African harp-lute sound like a small band.' - Guardian 'Keita's vocals (are) passionate and melodic...' - Dirty Linen.