Hello storegull-ga,
I believe you are referring to the Senegalese band ?Orchestre Baobab.?
The Orchestra Baobab website can be found at the following link:
Orchestra Baobab
http://www.orchestrabaobab.co.uk
You can find the All Music Guide write-up on the band at:
All Music Guide
Orchestre Baobab
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70403172308451155&sql=B4djx7i7jg72r
?From inauspicious beginnings as the weekend house band at a Dakar
club for government officials, Senegal's Orchestra Baobob, named for
the club (which in turn took its name from the native baobob tree),
went on to become one of the seminal bands of world music, with an
influence that extended far beyond their national boundaries,
throughout West Africa and into Europe. Put together by original
leader and saxophonist Baro N'Diaye, the first version was a
seven-piece group, three of them enticed away from Dakar's biggest
band, the Star Band, who had a regular gig at Ibra Kasse's club.?
Their music is readily available for purchase. The Amazon.com listing
for the group can be found at the following link:
Amazon.com
Orchestra Baobab
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/artist/glance/-/158121/ref=m_art_dp/104-5429508-8516748
I hope you have found this information helpful. If you have any
questions, or if this is not the band that you are looking for, please
request clarification prior to rating the answer.
Googlenut
Search Strategy:
I performed the following search on Google:
baobab senegal
://www.google.com/search?q=Baobab+senegal&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&sa=N&tab=iw
I searched the All Music Guide ( http://www.allmusic.com ) for Baobab.
I then searched Amazon.com for Baobab. |
