KAOUDING CISSOKO

African Fusion • Senegal
Jazz music community with review and forums
KAOUDING CISSOKO picture
Kaouding Cissokho, musician, born November 2 1964; died July 18 2003

The kora is the most popular instrument of the griots - the musical caste of west Africa's Wolof and Fula peoples. A cross between a harp and a lute, with 21 to 25 strings, its striking appearance - a gourd-shaped base, which players rest in their groin, and a long, thin, bridged neck - and its beautiful ringing sound have made it west Africa's most revered instrument. Kaouding Cissokho, who has died of tuberculosis aged 38, was internationally acclaimed as one of its masters.

Kaouding was born in Tamba Counda, eastern Senegal, the son of the famous oral historian and kora player Banna Cissokho. Being born into a griot family would normally have meant he was studying kora at the feet of his father. Yet his parents sent him to a vocational school to be a carpenter.

But Kaouding's desire to play
read more...
Thanks to js for the addition and snobb for the updates

KAOUDING CISSOKO Online Videos

No KAOUDING CISSOKO online videos available. Search and add one now.

Buy KAOUDING CISSOKO music

More places to buy jazz & KAOUDING CISSOKO music

KAOUDING CISSOKO Discography

KAOUDING CISSOKO albums / top albums

KAOUDING CISSOKO Kora Revolution album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kora Revolution
African Fusion 1999

KAOUDING CISSOKO EPs & splits

KAOUDING CISSOKO live albums

KAOUDING CISSOKO demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)

KAOUDING CISSOKO re-issues & compilations

KAOUDING CISSOKO singles (0)

KAOUDING CISSOKO movies (DVD, Blu-Ray or VHS)

KAOUDING CISSOKO Reviews

No KAOUDING CISSOKO music reviews posted yet.

KAOUDING CISSOKO Movies Reviews

No KAOUDING CISSOKO movie reviews posted yet.

KAOUDING CISSOKO Shouts

Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!

JMA TOP 5 Jazz ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
A Love Supreme Post Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners
Kind of Blue Cool Jazz
MILES DAVIS
Buy this album from our partners
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Progressive Big Band
CHARLES MINGUS
Buy this album from our partners
Blue Train Hard Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners
My Favorite Things Hard Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners

New Jazz Artists

New Jazz Releases

Cabaret Eclectic Fusion
MARIUS NESET
Buy this album from MMA partners
Living Ghosts Post-Fusion Contemporary
MICHAEL WOLLNY
Buy this album from MMA partners
Live at Donte's, Vol. 1 Vocal Jazz
MIKE CAMPBELL
Buy this album from MMA partners
Sunday Afternoon Fusion
FURIO DI CASTRI
Buy this album from MMA partners
São Paulo Creative 4 : Supernova Avant-Garde Jazz
IVO PERELMAN
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Jazz Online Videos

Sunday afternoon
FURIO DI CASTRI
snobb· 2 hours ago
Harmônicos
FABIANO DO NASCIMENTO
js· 16 hours ago
Con Alma
GENE BERTONCINI
js· 19 hours ago
Our Walk (Live)
BEN MARKLEY
js· 20 hours ago
More videos

New JMA Jazz Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Jazz News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us