Blues
After an extended comedy of near misses in Paris, Bob Brozman finally met Djeli Moussa Diawara in the middle of the Indian Ocean, on the isle of Réunion. The versatile American ethnomusicologist-guitarist and Guinean kora master sat in together and immediately decided that a duet album was in order. On Ocean Blues they revel in the textural possibilities of their instruments, as the cascading glissandos and muscular attack of Diawara's modified steel-pegged kora (West African harp) encounters Brozman's exuberantly virtuosic slide and blues guitar. Worlds collide and collude as this two-way fan club creates their brave new music. The pair moves from intuitive cross-cultural politeness to playful theremin-like swoops and whines to ferocious toe-to-toe face-offs. Their singing is another study in contrasts and egoless cooperation--Diawara's filigreed jali wail and Brozman's bluesy growl unexpectedly turn out to be made for each other.
By Christina Roden.
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01. Kanun 4:50
Written-By - Bob Brozman , Djeli Moussa Diawara
02. Maloyan Devil 5:59
Written-By - Bob Brozman , Djeli Moussa Diawara
03. Almany 5:42
Written-By - Bob Brozman , Djeli Moussa Diawara
04. Dakon 3:12
Written-By - Bob Brozman , Djeli Moussa Diawara
05. Uncle Joe 4:56
Written-By - Trad.
06. Hip Hop 4:38
Written-By - Bob Brozman , Djeli Moussa Diawara
07. Nkaminyo Yelena Ma 6:49
Written-By - Bob Brozman , Djeli Moussa Diawara
08. Voyage Dans Le Désert 4:21
Written-By - Bob Brozman , Djeli Moussa Diawara
09. Malaga 4:00
Written-By - Bob Brozman , Djeli Moussa Diawara
10. Sabari 5:46
Written-By - Bob Brozman , Djeli Moussa Diawara
11. Malaïka 5:57
Written-By - F. William
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