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Mandingo Ambassadors at The Falcon
Courtesy of Sally Lynch | Posted on January 5, 2015
Where
The Falcon
1348 Rte 9w
Marlboro, NY
Map
845-236-7970
When
Sun, January 18, 2015
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Oran Etkin
clarinetSylvain Leroux
fluteAbout
The Mandingo Ambassadors was founded in New York by guitarist Mamady Kouyaté in 2005. A veteran of the great orchestras of the golden age of Guinean dance bands (Kélétigui et ses Tambourini, Balla et ses Balladin, Bembeya Jazz) Mamady is a living library of musical science inherited from his griot ancestors and a half-century of experience as an accomplished arranger, band leader, accompanist and soloist in Guinea. Mamady carried the torch to New York where he steadily and diligently went about re-building this glorious sound on the new continent.
The group’s line-up features Mamady Kouyaté on lead guitar, Andy Algire on drums, Nicholas Cudahy on bass, Mamady Kourouma on rhythm guitar, Oran Etkin on tenor sax and clarinet, Eudy Fernandez on trumpet, Sylvain Leroux on alto sax and flute; and Guinean star singer Bebe Camara. ...