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Matchowé

by Momo Wandel Soumah

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1.
Afro Blue 07:28
2.
Konia 08:18
3.
M'mu Akolon 03:36
4.
Tepe 07:35
5.
Toko 05:33
6.
Matchowé 07:04

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Seminal Manding-Jazz session from the leading saxophonist of Guinea’s golden age.

Recorded in 1991 and unavailable on vinyl until now, “Matchowé” is one of the most important “Afro Jazz” sessions recorded - the culmination of a lifetime’s work investigating the intersection between the American jazz tradition and the traditional rhythms of Guinea.

Drawing influences from Charlie Parker and John Coltrane and blending them with the rhythms of the Soussou and Bagas ethnic groups of Guinea, Momo 'Wandel' Soumah (1926-2003) created a timeless sound over a 5-decade career that still resonates today.
Starting out playing the banjo in regional orchestras before moving to Conakry and teaching himself to play the clarinet in 1951, he came to the fore as part of the successful band Keletigui et ses Tambourins in the 60s - part of President Sekou Touré’s mission to revalorize traditional Guinean music by blending it with (similarly-communist) Cuban rhythms for the state-run Syliphone record label. With the beginning of the second Guinean Republic in 1985, Momo brought his life-long love of jazz to the traditional rhythms he had spent so much time researching.

Matchowé is not the first time this musical mixture had been attempted by Momo – he played and important part in the seminal 1976 “Musiques sans Paroles” album on Syliphone, Guinea’s state-funded record label – but it is perhaps his defining statement.

credits

released May 4, 2018

MOMO ‘WANDEL’ SOUMAH : SAXOPHONE, VOCALS
MAMADY MANSARE : FLUTE
SÉKOU KOUYATE : KORA
ABOUBACAR ‘FATOUABOU’ CAMARA : DJEMBÉ
ALY SYLLA : DJEMBE, DOUNDOUN, KRIN
AHMADOU SADIO DIALLO : DOUNDOUN, BOLON

RECORDED IN JUNE 1991 AT ASTON STUDIO, PARIS, IN ASSOCIATION WITH ‘JAZZ À PARIS’ BY STÉPHANE LARRAT
ASSISTED BY KERFALL ‘KEMPES’ CONDÉ AND RICHARD MAUBERT.

REMASTERED FOR VINYL BY FRANK MERRITT AT THE CARVERY LONDON 2018
ALL TUNES AND LYRICS BY MOMO ‘WANDEL’ SOUMAH REGISTERED AT THE B.G.D.A. (GUINEAN OFFICE OF WRITERS / COMPOSERS COPYRIGHT)
EXCEPT AFRO BLUE WRITTEN BY MONGO SANTAMARIA
(P) & (C) 2018 BUDA MUSIQUE

ARTISTIC DIRECTION : FRANÇOIS KOKELAERE
PHOTO BY LAURENT CHEVALLIER, ARTWORK BY PAUL VILLARD

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