Dawda Jobarteh - Soaring Wild Lands (The Instrumentals) '2022

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       In 1999 Dawda Jobarteh moved from The Gambia and settled in Denmark -
Named after Gambia's first president, with whom Dawda's father, Amadou Bansang
Jobarteh, was close, Dawda's heritage is solidly rooted in one of West Africa's
most illustrious musical dynasties. However it is as a truly international
musician that Dawda has found his place, and key to this is his willingness and
enthusiasm for working with musicians from different backgrounds and traditions.

One of the first European musicians to recognise and sponsor Dawda's talent, was
guitarist and doyen of Danish experimental Jazz, Pierre Dørge, and today that
legacy can be heard in Dawda's frequent duo gigs with drummer Stefan Pasborg.
But while Jazz may be a prominent thread in Dawda's story, it is not the only
one and over previous albums his collaborators have included Shashank
Subrinayam, the flautist from South India, renowned Cameroonian bassist Etienne
Mbappé and Senegalese vocalist and rapper, Souleymane Faye. On this album,
the 4th to be released via Sterns Music, Dawda's musical partners are a string
quartet whose instrumentation two violins, one viola and a cello has been an
essential component of Western classical music since at least the times of
Mozart.

The lush sound of the "Admeta String Quartet" with arrangements scored by Dawda
along with saxophonist and composer Jens Christian 'Chappe' Jensen, are on all
tracks and are unique to this album. Guest vocalist, Jullie Hjetland, a winner
of the Danish Music Folk Award and first heard with Dawda on his 2nd album,
appears on two songs. One has lyrics by American singer and Copenhagen resident,
Deborah Herbert, while words for the other English song were written by Dutch
singer and teacher, Leonie de Wit. On the opposite side of this musical spectrum
lie Dawda's own arrangements of traditional Gambian repertoire; "Sunjata" and
"Tutu Jara", and all is held together by his original and engrossing
instrumental compositions and performances.

1.01 - Dawda Jobarteh, Admeta String Quartet - Sunset In Batumi (5:28)
1.02 - Dawda Jobarteh, Admeta String Quartet - Sunjata (Instrumental Version)
(3:17)
1.03 - Dawda Jobarteh, Admeta String Quartet - Soaring Wild Land (Instrumental
Version) (5:25)
1.04 - Dawda Jobarteh, Admeta String Quartet - Golden Horses (Instrumental
Version) (4:11)
1.05 - Dawda Jobarteh, Admeta String Quartet, Jens Christian 'Chappe' Jensen -
Admeta Harmony (2:28)
1.06 - Dawda Jobarteh, Admeta String Quartet - Tykke In Mandinka (Instrumental
Version) (4:01)
1.07 - Dawda Jobarteh, Admeta String Quartet - Efo (Instrumental Version) (5:02)
1.08 - Dawda Jobarteh, Admeta String Quartet - Brikama By Night (Instrumental
Version) (4:19)
1.09 - Dawda Jobarteh, Admeta String Quartet - Tutu Jara (2:35) 

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