Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Sory Kandia Kouyaté



1936-1980

Il nait à Manta, dans le petit village de Bodiel, à Dalaba, à 400km de Conakry.
 Il perd sa mère à deux ans et en demeurera profondement marqué.
 Il composera une sublime chanson intitulée "Nna", ma mère en malinké, en son honneur.
Descendant de l'ancetre des griots "Balla Fassèkè Kouyaté", grand griot et conseillé attitré de Soundiata Keita, il est très tot initié à l'art de la famille par son père Djely Mady Kouyaté qui lui apprend à jouer du koni. Plus tard, il excelle à la cour royale de Mamou, puis se retrouve à Conakry en 1949 ou il se fait connaitre ...
Lors d'un concert à Conakry, son micro lache, alors il le pose et entamme son chant ... il envelloppe l'auditoire et emerveille !
Ensuite tout s'enchaine : kankan, siguiri, Dakar, paris (1956 ou il entre en studio chez Vogue ...), UK, l'Allemagne, Belgique, URSS, Chine, US, Autriche, Afrique de l'ouest, Tanzanie, Sicile, Algérie, Tunisie ... bref il fera le tour du monde dans sa carrière !
Directeur du ballet national Djoliba dès 1964, il gagnera un nombre incalculable de prix et disques d'or !
Il meurt jeune à tout juste 44 ans, après une riche carrière et des succès mondiaux ...
Il ne chantait que l'amour, la solidarité, le travail, bref toutes ces richesses de coeur qui font d'un groupe d'homme une nation.
Il demeure l'artiste par référence de la musique post coloniale d'Afrique de l'ouest, un patrimoine mondial !

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7 comments:

  1. mela....October 12, 2012 at 10:00 AM

    A wonderful voice for a fabulous version
    It comes from "Vol. 2 - L'Epopée du Mandingue"?
    If so Sidiki Diabaté plays the kora
    Extraordinarily beautiful!
    Muchas gracias!

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  2. AnonymousOctober 16, 2012 at 1:05 PM

    Lamban is the song of Kouyaté griots, the dedicate themselves to enjoy, is specially created for the bala-fon.

    After hearing this song many times I do not get to know the name of yhe balafola, Sory Kandia is magnificent in this Lamban improvisation, he is a Kouyaté and dominates the song, the kora is perfect old-fashioned but I think it is not Sidiki but Bakary Cissoko from Senegal.
    But who is this balafola improvising like a jazz pianist, Sori Kandia mentions Kita griots in the greetings.
    A Kita balafola?......

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  3. mela....October 18, 2012 at 5:47 AM

    I have the vinyl version of "Tour d'Afrique de la chanson" published by Oro (Syliphone, with Keletigui et ses Tambourinis and Ensemble National Djoliba) and does not contain "Lamban".

    According to the info from radioafrica this wonderful version of "Lamban" is (or maybe it is?) part of the trilogy "L'epopee du mandingue" recorded with his Trio de Musique Traditionnelle Africaine.

    Diabaté Sidikiba = kora
    Kouyaté Dyeli Sori = bala
    and ¿....? = bolon.

    Anyway this version of "Lamban" is superb!!!

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  4. naumaOctober 18, 2012 at 7:27 AM

    this version pf Lamban came from Tour d'Afrique de la chanson editions Syllart 1999 which is in fact a compilation.Lamban first appeared in "Kouyaté Sory Kandia et son Trio de Musique Traditionnelle Africaine: L'épopée du Mandingue. Volume 3"
    now about the names of the trio the two are correctly the above,thanks mela
    you can look at this page too
    http://www.mandebala.net/discography/lamban.php
    which doesn't mention a bolonfola
    so who is the third member of the trio?
    Sory Kandia hinself?
    ...to be continued

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  5. naumaOctober 18, 2012 at 1:45 PM

    of interest will be the b side of L'épopée du Mandingue 3,Toutou Diarra -Laban been side a and equally sublime .it is from the same session with the same musicians. I had 2 versions available one from cd and another from an old rip of the lp that I discovered in my hd. I'm including Toutou Diarra here so Syliphone 38-SLP38 will be complete in this post:

    http://www.4shared.com/mp3/LF3E0yaO/Toutou_Diarra.html

    as you can see in the visualization of the sleeve Sory Kandia is proudly posing with his ngoni.

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  6. mela....October 19, 2012 at 11:00 AM

    Wo-O-o-O-ow!

    This is an wonderful and unexpected gift
    These long versions of classic songs are absolutely shocking and beautiful
    All of them at his best
    Glorious

    Un millón de gracias!


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  7. DavidJune 9, 2013 at 2:13 PM

    Wonderful. Wonderful voice, wonderful kora, and what a wonderful surprise when suddenly there is a balafon too! Thanks to you all for their names! A classic to hear again and again.

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