Zondag 08 Juni 2014

This legendary band was formed in the late 1960's by guitarist Mamady "Djelike" Kouyate and singer Emile Soumah. They made some of the most beloved music of their generation. Now based in New York, Mamady Kouyate has decided to revive The Ambassadors. Every Wednesday night.

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Since 1994, South Africa and Paul Van Kemenade have a warm relationship. In that year, Van Kemenade”s quintet toured South Africa for 7 weeks, where they met great South African musicians and played with them. Now in the project ‘SOUL ‘AFRIQUE’  they meet again, playing compositions of each other. A spectacular collaboration again between the outstanding renowned South African trumpeter Fezile ‘Feya’ Faku, tenorist Sydney Mnisi, guitarist/vocalist Louis Mhlanga and the the quintet of altosaxophonist/composer Paul van Kemenade (Dutch Boy Edgar award).

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Met aan Afrikaanse musici dit jaar o.a. Cheikh Lô: een van de bekendste zangers van Senegal. Maakt mbalax met latin-invloeden; Mamar Kassey: band uit Niger brengt virtuoze ode aan West-Afrika; N´Diale (Foune Diarra Trio & Jacky Molard Quartet): Malinese zangeres meets Bretonse (folk)violist en Soul'Afrique: Nederlands/Zuid-Afrikaans verbond met Paul van Kemenade (sax) en gitarist Louis Mhlanga.

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