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Bela Fleck: the Africa Project
 
Mel D
Posted: 04 March 2010 01:59 AM   [ Ignore ]  
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Bela Fleck had the main billing for the show, and I don’t question that.  The musicians from Tanzania and Mali made the concert what it was, though, thanks to the graciousness of the famous Bela Fleck.  He of course contributed his incredible musicianship and skill on the banjo,  but consistently kept the lion’s share of the focus on his collaborators.  What a concert!  The rhythms and melodies of Anania Ngoliga on the thumb piano, John Kitime on guitar, and Bassekou Kouyate on ngoni (backed up by several other ngoni players and two percussionists, as well as the vocals of his wife Ami Sacko were just amazing.  What an evening of music!

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