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- Foday Musa Suso (* 1950 in Sare Hamadi, einer kleinen Ortschaft im Distrikt Wuli in der Upper River Region) ist ein Musiker und Komponist aus dem westafrikanischen Staat Gambia. Er gehört der Ethnie Mandinka an und ist ein Griot (andere Schreibweise Jali). Sein bevorzugtes Musikinstrument ist die Kora; er spielt aber auch Gravikord und verschiedene andere Instrumente. Suso emigrierte in den 1970er Jahren nach Chicago, wo er 1978 mit Adam Rudolph, Hamid Drake und Joseph Thomas die World-Jazz-Band The Mandingo Griot Society gründete, die auch mit Don Cherry musizierte. Er trat zusammen mit Philip Glass, Herbie Hancock und dem Kronos Quartet auf. (de)
- Foday Musa Suso (born 9 December 1953, in Sarre Hamadi, Wuli District, in the Upper River Division of The Gambia) is a Gambian musician and composer. He is a member of the Mandinka ethnic group, and is a griot. Griots are the oral historians and musicians of the Mandingo people who live in several west African nations. Griots are a living library for the community providing history, entertainment, and wisdom while playing and singing their songs. It is an extensive verbal and musical heritage that can only be passed down within a griot family. Suso is a direct descendant of Jali Madi Wlen Suso, the griot who invented the kora over four centuries ago. He spent his childhood in a traditional Gambian village, in a household filled with kora music. Though his father was a master kora player, in griot tradition a father does not teach his own children the instrument. When Foday was nine, his father sent him to live with master kora teacher Sekou Suso in the village of Pasamasi, Wuli District. He trained with Sekou Suso until the age of 18. Suso's primary instrument is the kora, but he also plays the gravikord and several other instruments. Suso emigrated to Chicago, Illinois, United States in 1977, being one of the first jali's to relocate to North America. Once in Chicago, he formed the Mandingo Griot Society with local percussionists Hamid Drake and Adam Rudolph, which played fusion music around the world. He has performed with Bill Laswell, Philip Glass, Pharoah Sanders, Jack DeJohnette, Ginger Baker, Paul Simon, Yousif Sheronick, and the Kronos Quartet (Pieces of Africa). He has contributed to music for the Olympic Games in 1984 and 2004. His electrified kora can also be heard on several tracks on Herbie Hancock's 1984 electro-funk album Sound-System. The following year, Suso and Hancock came out with another album, Village Life, that consists entirely of duets between them, Hancock on synthesizer and Suso on kora, talking drums, and vocals. (en)
- Foday Musa Suso (né en 1950 à Sare Hamadi, Gambie) est un musicien et compositeur. Il est un griot, originaire de l'ethnie Malinke. Son instrument de prédilection est la kora, mais il joue également sur gravikord et d'autres instruments. Suso émigre à Chicago dans les années 1970. Il composera et jouera avec Herbie Hancock, Philip Glass et le Kronos Quartet. Il est également cofondateur du groupe de jazz fusion The Mandingo Griot Society. (fr)
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- Foday Musa Suso (né en 1950 à Sare Hamadi, Gambie) est un musicien et compositeur. Il est un griot, originaire de l'ethnie Malinke. Son instrument de prédilection est la kora, mais il joue également sur gravikord et d'autres instruments. Suso émigre à Chicago dans les années 1970. Il composera et jouera avec Herbie Hancock, Philip Glass et le Kronos Quartet. Il est également cofondateur du groupe de jazz fusion The Mandingo Griot Society. (fr)
- Foday Musa Suso (* 1950 in Sare Hamadi, einer kleinen Ortschaft im Distrikt Wuli in der Upper River Region) ist ein Musiker und Komponist aus dem westafrikanischen Staat Gambia. Er gehört der Ethnie Mandinka an und ist ein Griot (andere Schreibweise Jali). Sein bevorzugtes Musikinstrument ist die Kora; er spielt aber auch Gravikord und verschiedene andere Instrumente. Suso emigrierte in den 1970er Jahren nach Chicago, wo er 1978 mit Adam Rudolph, Hamid Drake und Joseph Thomas die World-Jazz-Band The Mandingo Griot Society gründete, die auch mit Don Cherry musizierte. (de)
- Foday Musa Suso (born 9 December 1953, in Sarre Hamadi, Wuli District, in the Upper River Division of The Gambia) is a Gambian musician and composer. He is a member of the Mandinka ethnic group, and is a griot. Griots are the oral historians and musicians of the Mandingo people who live in several west African nations. Griots are a living library for the community providing history, entertainment, and wisdom while playing and singing their songs. It is an extensive verbal and musical heritage that can only be passed down within a griot family. (en)
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