Tuesday 2 Nov 2010
Brighton Dome
And finally the wait is over for the eagerly awaited new music album production from Alex Wilson, a magnificent fusion of Cuban and Malian musical genres. In fact if you've missed the press... there are two such launches this month, with Nick Gold's "lost project" ~ AfroCubism ~ also making its UK debut at The Barbican Hall later this month, 21 November.
"Mali Latino" CD album is an exquisite music offering, and the brainchild of a trio of virtuoso musicians in Alex Wilson (UK's leading Salsa jazz pianist), Mamadou Diabate ( Kora player, 71st generation griot, and grandson of the legendary the Master Griot Amadu Bansang Jobarteh and brother to the renowned kora maestro Toumani Diabaté), and Ahmed Fofana (balafon player). They head up a sensational nine-piece band (including trumpets, trombone and full Latin percussion section).
Born out of an earlier encounter for the 2004 track Remercier les travailleurs and an Aldeburgh Music Composer residency, Mali Latino is a rare moment of musical alchemy: a collision of two distinct styles and traditions that a unique sound with fiery Latin percussion, mixed with the driving rhythms of Mali, the virtuosic kora and piano of Madou and Wilson’s intense combination of mandingue and Cuban vocals.
A rich mix of Latin dance patterns and driving West African rhythms make for a spectacular evening at Brighton Dome’s Corn Exchange on 2 November at 8pm. Details other dates of the their UK launch tour can be found at http://www.malilatino.com/shows/
Tickets: £15 | £12.5 concessions
Date: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Venue: Brighton Dome
Time: 8pm start (Doors 7.30pm)
A review of the Brighton concert will be coming soon...
More@
http://www.malilatino.com/
http://www.brightondome.org/events/Alex-Wilson's-Mali-Latino/3752
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