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ORCHESTRA BAOBAB FOR EVER Orchestra Baobab, le légendaire groupe d'Afrique de l'Ouest, célèbre ses 50 ans. Le légendaire Orchestra Baobab du Sénégal célèbre son 50e anniversaire avec une nouvelle tournée internationale, en attendant la sortie d’un nouvel album intitulé "Made In Sénégal" (après une interruption de 8 ans) prévue pour 2026. Avec son mélange de style afro-cubain, de pop internationale, de musique griotique traditionnelle et ses incroyables mélodies, Orchestra Baobab est entré dans le 21ème siècle avec une renommée internationale renouvelée, faisant danser les publics jeunes et moins jeunes dans les festivals et les salles de concert du monde entier et avec le soutien de nouveaux membres qui l’ont rejoint et décuplent sa dynamique. L'épopée d'Orchestra Baobab débute au cœur de la Médina de Dakar à la fin des années 1960, dans un club construit autour d'un baobab où le groupe développe une diversité de styles qui reflète le métissage culturel et les fortes personnalités musicales de ses membres. Orchestra Baobab donne le tempo d'une nouvelle ère de la musique sénégalaise et africaine! A partir de 1977, Orchestra Baobab, poursuit sa résidence au Jandeer Night Club. En 1978, le groupe sort deux albums exceptionnels, Baobab à Paris Volumes 1 & 2. Deux autres albums suivent : Gouygui Dou Daanou (1979) et Sibou Odja (1980), affinant le style du groupe. Le séminal Ken Dou Werente (1982) avec les morceaux Utrus Horas, Coumba, Werente Serigne… signe les plus beaux tubes de musique africaine jamais enregistrés. Peu après cela, cependant, le groupe manque de se dissoudre… les nouvelles tendances musicales venues de l'extérieur comme de l'intérieur du Sénégal détournent l’attention du public. En 1989, la réédition de Ken Dou Werente rebaptisé Pirate’s Choice par l’Anglais Nick Gold qui sort l’album sur son label World Circuit, relance leur carrière. Orchestra Baobab repart en tournée. L’album Spécialist in all styles (2002) confirme cette nouvelle adulation et le groupe enchaîne des shows inoubliables recevant des « standing ovations » sans fin, comme au Barbican de Londres. Made In Dakar (2007), coproduit par Youssou N'Dour, marque un retour aux sources. En effet, après avoir fait le tour du monde, le groupe s'installe dans une nouvelle résidence au club dakarois Just4U, leur musique résonnant toute la nuit lors de concerts intimes dans le jardin du restaurant. A l’étranger, leurs fans les attendent ! La nouvelle tournée internationale de 2023 célèbre avec panache le demi-siècle du prestigieux Orchestre. contact@madoky.com
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NEW ORCHESTRA BAOBAB SINGLE "JAMBAR YI"
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ORCHESTRA BAOBAB is alive and kicking!
Some of the original members of this legendary band, an emblem of Senegal who was born half a century ago, have unfortunately left us. But their sons and daughters have taken up the torch in a magnificent way and with this new title pay tribute to the elders. As the saying goes, the Baobab never dies.
Orchestra BAOBAB new single release
50 Ans Cover After seven years of silence Orchestra Baobab just released a new single called "50 ans" ( Fifty years) as first single of there new album to come on 2024
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50 ans (Fifty Years)
Release date 24 NOV 2023
First extract from the new album (Out Autumn 2024 )
Senegal's legendary band Orchestra Baobab is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a new album scheduled for release in Autumn 2024.
On November 24, 2023, the group will unveil its first single, taken from this new opus long awaited by their fans.
The song is simply called “50 ANS”.
The lyrics were penned by drummer Taga Koité, a member of the group from the early days, and it is sung by his son Papino, a new recruit who today shares lead vocals with Alpha Dieng (son of historic deceased singer Ndiouga Dieng!).
Composed collectively, the song “50 ANS” perfectly illustrates the group’s ability to reinvent itself through continuity. This first version was recorded mid-september in a single take during an exceptional LIVE session under the dome of the famous KOKO theater in London, a legendary concert hall in the English capital, recently renovated.
In an ecstatic atmosphere, the nine Baobab musicians delivered this first new sound, a promising taste of the new album to come. The sublime “50 years” expresses all the talent of the group and what has made its success along the years: a rich and intense rhythmic base, captivating melodic singing, and superb brass arrangements.
A successful bet: “50 ANS” is already shaping up to be a great Afro-Cuban classic!
Pirate's Choice
The all times classic album of African music from 1982. Orchestra Baobab are masters of the African/Afro-Cuban fusion that dominated Senegal's music scene in the Seventies. A fluid mixture of mellifluous guitar and delicious vocals, "Pirate's Choice" was recorded in 1982 shortly before they disbanded, and released worldwide for the time by World Circuit in 1989. Repackaged with an extra CD of previously unreleased material, the re-release of this essential record in 2001 prompted a full-scale reunion of the band.
Specialist In All Styles
Revitalised by their spectacular 2001 comeback and a highly successful world tour, Senegal's legendary Orchestra Baobab release their first new recordings together for nearly twenty years. Produced by Youssou N'Dour with World Circuit's Nick Gold, 'Specialist In All Styles' is driven by an infallible groove, standout vocal performances and - in Barthelemy Attisso - one of Africa's best guitarists. Featuring guest contributions from Cuban superstar Ibrahim Ferrer and N'Dour himself, the album is infused with an infectious sense of enjoyment and a wealth of experience summarised best by its title.
Made In Dakar
Five years on from the GRAMMY nominated 'Specialist in All Styles', Orchestra Baobab returned with 'Made in Dakar', an album that celebrates their roots in one of the world's most explosive musical cities - which updates their classic mellow sound with a new edge and a new energy for new times. Beautifully recorded in Dakar's Xippi studios, 'Made in Dakar' builds on Baobab's renewed activity on their home turf, where they undertook their first Dakar club residency in nearly 20 years with hugely successful Saturday night sessions at the Just 4 U club. Combining the gritty lo-fi feel of their early recordings with dynamic new arrangements, this is an album that could only have been Made in Dakar.
TRIBUTE TO NDIOUGA DIENG
A decade on from their last album and almost half a century since their formation, Senegal’s Orchestra Baobab return with a timeless set of classic, swaying tunes fusing Afro-Cuban rhythms and African tradition in the group’s trademark style.
Recorded locally in Moussa X’s Dakar studio, the new recordings sound fresh and yet reassuringly familiar, retaining the ripeness of the sound that made Orchestra Baobab a legend but interpreted with a vigour and vibrancy, and with a few twists, that are vital and captivating.
As enduring as the mighty African Baobab tree from which the group derives its name, the veteran core of the band remains as strong and sturdy as ever. Vocalists Balla Sidibe and Rudy Gomis, saxophonists Issa Cissoko and Thierno Koite and the long-serving, rock steady rhythm section of Balla Sidibe, timbales, Charlie Ndiaye bass and Mountaga Koite on congas.