Alhaji Bai Konte (b. 1920; d. 1982 or 1983) was a jali (praise singer) from Brikama, Gambia. He played the 21-string kora and is believed to have been the first kora player to perform and tour in the United States as a soloist, playing at the 1973 Newport Jazz Festival. (Les Ballets Africains, a dance and music group from Guinea, had first performed in the U.S. in 1959, and featured a kora player. ) His sons Dembo Konte and Sherrifo Konteh (sic) live in Brikama, Gambia.

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  • Alhaji Bai Konte (b. 1920; d. 1982 or 1983) was a jali (praise singer) from Brikama, Gambia. He played the 21-string kora and is believed to have been the first kora player to perform and tour in the United States as a soloist, playing at the 1973 Newport Jazz Festival. (Les Ballets Africains, a dance and music group from Guinea, had first performed in the U.S. in 1959, and featured a kora player. ) His sons Dembo Konte and Sherrifo Konteh (sic) live in Brikama, Gambia. Two LP recordings have been released of Alhaji Bai Konte with Dembo Konte and Malamini Jobarteh. Jali Sherrifo Konteh has released two CDs, 'Mansalou' and 'Chesano', and tours the UK most years.
  • Alhaji Bai Konte ist ein Musiker und Jeli aus Gambia. Er spielte auf dem westafrikanischen Instrument Kora, einer 21-saitigen Stegharfe. Er war der erste Musiker, der dieses Instrument live 1973 in den Vereinigten Staaten beim Newport Jazz Festival spielte. Zwei seiner vier Söhne Dembo Konte und Sherrifo Konteh sind ebenfalls für ihre Kora-Musik bekannt. Bai Kontes Großvater Ndaba Konteh siedelte seinerzeit aus der Kankaba-Region aus Mali nach Brikama.
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  • Alhaji Bai Konte (b. 1920; d. 1982 or 1983) was a jali (praise singer) from Brikama, Gambia. He played the 21-string kora and is believed to have been the first kora player to perform and tour in the United States as a soloist, playing at the 1973 Newport Jazz Festival. (Les Ballets Africains, a dance and music group from Guinea, had first performed in the U.S. in 1959, and featured a kora player. ) His sons Dembo Konte and Sherrifo Konteh (sic) live in Brikama, Gambia.
  • Alhaji Bai Konte ist ein Musiker und Jeli aus Gambia. Er spielte auf dem westafrikanischen Instrument Kora, einer 21-saitigen Stegharfe. Er war der erste Musiker, der dieses Instrument live 1973 in den Vereinigten Staaten beim Newport Jazz Festival spielte. Zwei seiner vier Söhne Dembo Konte und Sherrifo Konteh sind ebenfalls für ihre Kora-Musik bekannt. Bai Kontes Großvater Ndaba Konteh siedelte seinerzeit aus der Kankaba-Region aus Mali nach Brikama.
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