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cd cover Mamadou Ly
Mandinka Drum Master
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The principal Mandinka drummer for the National Ballet of Senegal for 25 years, Mamadou Ly is a master of a music that has been thriving for centuries. While spectators take turns dancing, Mandinka drummers develop melodic conversations on three tuned drums. The drummers' interlocking rhythms combine to create music with a high-energy dance beat. To make this recording, Mamadou Ly returned to the Mandinka village Warang, where he played frequently before joining the National Ballet. Additional tracks were recorded on the outskirts of Dakar.

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"Anyone with the slightest interest in drumming (and not just ethnic drumming) should consider this as a 'must have' disk." - Bill Tilland, Option

"beautifully recorded in Senegal, in the winter of 1992. Mamadou is accompanied by two other drummers on 13 tracks that explore social, ceremonial and dance rhythms of The Gambia and Senegal" - RootsWorld

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