Album Notes

born in senegal abdoulaye ndiaye began to study music with
is feather musician and year after hi joint the conservatoire where hi gratued 5 years later on is home town; abdoulae meet is first jazz instructor sam sanders;
and take class with.


To the extent senegal has a jazz tradition;its all mixed up.
And thats basicaly a good thing
senegalese saxophoniste abdoulaye ndiaye is equally at home playing with a kora or piano,
something he demonstrates over and over again on taoue.
He aims here to integrate his instrument within two contexts.
The american jazz quartet , and the west african jazz ensemble.
Ndiaye abdoulaye debut has an interesting split personality his lyrical soprano
voice runs a long a coursing stream bubbling up now then but always
moving forward punching out tight units.
Manga dansety knotted strikingly virtuostic kora solo.
The straight ahead piece on taoue are solid; but senegalese tune are downright brilliant
that make sense really given the who and what involved.

featuing;
david murray
dave burrell





~ nils jacobson