I, too, have tried to record Bella at a show, and the exact same thing happened to me. I managed to hit record video before I got lost in the music. When the song was over, I remembered that I had a phone in my hand. Unfortunately, my phone had quit recording several minutes earlier, but I hadn't noticed. Oh, well. What we did manage to get is amazing!
Toumani can play ANY STYLE OF MUSIC ON the Kora. The most mind-melting stuff ive ever heard him play was with a Flamenco band from Spain called Ketama! - Mind-Blowing material and Toumani was in his prime then.
So awesome! Just wish they posted where this was performed. What festival etc. Seemed purely spontaneous. I do prefer to think it was, but who knows, right?
It was at the Telluride Bluegrass fest in '08 or '09 I believe, they had been touring all summer off the release of their documentary Throw Down Your Heart, which Bella made about the history of the banjo. If you haven't seen it you're in for a treat!
Improvisation is generally a prized value in African musics. Make no mistake, Toumani and Bela are top shelf musicians....skilled improvisers and they offer a glimpse into the diverse world being born...
Watch the doc they made together, they both do improvisational stuff like this throughout. I'm sure this moment had probably been done before but there are so many other amazing moments in the doc similar to this.
It doesn't matter.. The fact that Toumani, an African knows this piece and can play it on it Kora with bass accompaniment is what makes this soo special. You just dont hear bluegrass on a Kora.
I sat there in that audience. Took me 12 years to find this. Thanks for the upload.
Just awesome 👏🏽
ACASO EL SONIDO DEL BING BANG ES AFRICANO?
LARGA VIDA....
C génial
Dueling banjos??????? Banjo vs Kora African harp
small little mimi mind yeaahhh that's the name of the song.
I was there too. Thanks for this.
I, too, have tried to record Bella at a show, and the exact same thing happened to me.
I managed to hit record video before I got lost in the music. When the song was over, I remembered that I had a phone in my hand.
Unfortunately, my phone had quit recording several minutes earlier, but I hadn't noticed. Oh, well. What we did manage to get is amazing!
What? Where's the rest? Cries! =(
Thanks for uploading!
noooooooooooooooooooooooooo you cant stop now .... that's just wrong
awwww where's the end. This is a amazing!
Cultura malie ❤️❤️❤️🇲🇱🇲🇱🇲🇱🇲🇱
Toumani can play ANY STYLE OF MUSIC ON the Kora. The most mind-melting stuff ive ever heard him play was with a Flamenco band from Spain called Ketama! - Mind-Blowing material and Toumani was in his prime then.
Wow.... I love how he just eased him in to this! Amazing
ouhhhhlaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Too Cool for Words! t:)
Trop forttt papa diabaté
I love these men!!!!!!!!!!!!
absolute madlads one and all
notre maliba
The strings battle!
Amazingly amazing
Fierté malienne
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absolument génial! Quel moment!
they are both greats, and this is a wonderful collaboration
So awesome! Just wish they posted where this was performed. What festival etc. Seemed purely spontaneous. I do prefer to think it was, but who knows, right?
It was at the Telluride Bluegrass fest in '08 or '09 I believe, they had been touring all summer off the release of their documentary Throw Down Your Heart, which Bella made about the history of the banjo. If you haven't seen it you're in for a treat!
I’d like to think it wasn’t rehearsed and the guy on the non banjo is that great, but...
I've stayed at Toumani's house, studied under him and watched him nightly play improvised pieces more complex than this. He is that great.
Improvisation is generally a prized value in African musics. Make no mistake, Toumani and Bela are top shelf musicians....skilled improvisers and they offer a glimpse into the diverse world being born...
The "non-banjo" is a kora....a griot instrument from the Manding cultures...and an ancestor to the banjo....
Watch the doc they made together, they both do improvisational stuff like this throughout. I'm sure this moment had probably been done before but there are so many other amazing moments in the doc similar to this.
It doesn't matter.. The fact that Toumani, an African knows this piece and can play it on it Kora with bass accompaniment is what makes this soo special. You just dont hear bluegrass on a Kora.