Kora Jazz Trio - Part 2 2005

With the release of the first 3 records of the Kora Jazz Trio, critics spoke of a «delicious alchemy», of «world jazz», «a miracle of freshness».
A warm welcome for a unique musical fusion that seemed so natural. The meeting of the Mandinka tradition and the freedom of Jazz. The association between the Kora, West African percussion and Afro American swing. The dialogue between the griot and the blue note.
In the land of the palaver tree, all is matter of dialogue. The Kora Jazz Trio is the proof of that : meeting between jazzmen and old wise men, between tradition and improvisation. And mostly dialogue between the kora and the piano, two instruments so close - both rhythmic and solist - but separated by an ocean.
Two cousins that were separated too early, each on a continent : the Kora in the streets of West Africa, the piano in the dark clubs of Western cities. Today, they meet again with the Kora Jazz Trio's 4th ALBUM, and have many things to tell us. listen here