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Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra
Boulevard De L'Indépendance
Album GB 2006 on World Circuit label
Jazz, Latin, Folk, World and (African)
© & ℗ 2006 World Circuit Ltd Recorded at the Hotel Mandé, Bamako, Mali Additional recording at Studio Bogolan, Bamako and at Livingston Studios, London Mixed at Livingston Studios This is exactly the same release as the standard CD album except that this edition comes with a Bonus DVD (a short film with English, Spanish and German subtitles).
Musicians
 | Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra , ML album by |
 | Amadou Guitteye g, voc, acg, acoustic guitar |
 | Mamadou Kouyate bgo, b, ML acoustic guitar, backing vocals, chorus vocals |
 | Simon Hale p, key, *1964 GB conductor, arranged by, string arrangements |
 | Fatim Sylla bvoc, backing vocals, chorus vocals |
 | Koumba Avian Tounguino bvoc, backing vocals, chorus vocals |
 | Moussa Diabaté voc, bvoc, ML backing vocals, chorus vocals, lead vocals, lyrics by |
 | Ramama Sylla bvoc, backing vocals, chorus vocals |
 | Soumaila Kanouté voc, bvoc, backing vocals, chorus vocals, lead vocals, lyrics by |
 | Tiecoro Sissoko voc, bvoc, backing vocals, chorus vocals, lead vocals |
 | Fodé Lassana Diabaté , balafon |
 | Etienne Mbappe b, bass |
 | Sekou Kanté b, bass |
 | Ousseïn Tounkara g, b, bass, guitar |
 | David Daniels vc, cello |
 | Lekan Babalola cng, tri, perc, congas, triangle |
 | Dramane Koulibaly djm, djembe |
 | Brice Wassy dr, perc, *1958 CM drums |
 | Fodé Kouyaté dr, drums |
 | Lamine Tounkara cwb, bells, dunun, dundun |
 | Mamadou Fofana fl, key, keyboards, flute, peul flute |
 | Toumani Diabaté voc, *1965 ML kora, music director, percussion, karignan, composed by, arranged by |
 | Fantamady Kouyaté lead guitar |
 | Kassé Mady Diabaté voc, 1949-2018 ML lead vocals |
 | Mangala Camara voc, perc, lead vocals, lyrics by |
 | Morissanda Kamissoko voc, lead vocals |
| Adama Tounkara ngoni |
 | Bassekou Kouyate voc, bvoc, *1966 ML ngoni |
| Ganda Tounkara ngoni |
 | Bandiougou Kouyaté perc, percussion, ntama |
 | Mahamadou Kouyaté perc, percussion, ntama |
 | Mamadou Tounkara perc, percussion, sabar |
 | Mohamed Coulibaly perc, percussion, sabar |
 | Souleymane Faye voc, percussion, sabar |
 | Alex Wilson p, org, GB piano |
| Alhassane Kanouté rhythm guitar |
 | Mike Smith key, fl, GB tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, arranged by, horn arrangements |
 | Pee Wee Ellis ts, *1941 US tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, arranged by, horn arrangements |
 | Roberto Pla perc, tim, *1979 CO timbales, mc |
 | Fayyaz Virji tb, TZ trombone |
 | Matt Colman tb, trombone |
 | Trevor Mires tb, GB trombone |
 | Byron Wallen tr, *1969 GB trumpet |
 | Chris Storr tr, trumpet |
 | Matt Holland tr, fh, GB trumpet |
 | Sid Gauld tr, fh, trumpet |
 | Bruce White vl, GB violin |
 | Gavyn Wright vn, *1950 GB violin |
 | Julian Leaper vn, GB violin |
 | Patrick Kiernan vn, GB violin |
 | Perry Montague-Mason vn, GB violin |
 | Mamadou Camara voc, key, voice, spoken voice |
Producers
| Iwantdesign.co.uk design |
| Graham Dominy engineer, assistant mix engineer |
| Tom Bailey engineer, assistant mix engineer |
| Yves Wernert engineer, assistant recording engineer, recorded by, additional recording |
| Ibrahim Coulibaly engineer, assistant to yves wernert |
| Ibrahim Tankara engineer, second assistant recording engineer |
| Peter Martelli engineer, technical support |
| Jerry Boys mastered by, recorded by, mixed by |
| Tom Leader mastered by |
| Christina Jaspars photography by |
| Nick Gold producer |
| John Mallison recorded by, additional recording |
| Lucy Duran sleeve notes, sleeve notes transcribed from interviews with toumani diabaté by |
| Jean-Marc Boulanger sleeve notes, sleeve notes translations to french |
| Sara Daoud supervised by, production supervision |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toumani | Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra | Toumani Diabaté, Soumaila Kanouté | 5:50 |
| 2 | Boulevard De L'Indépendance | Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra | Traditional | 3:53 |
| 3 | Ya Fama | Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra | Toumani Diabaté | 4:54 |
| 4 | Mali Sadio | Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra | Mangala Camara, Traditional | 7:54 |
| 5 | Africa Challenge | Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra | Toumani Diabaté | 5:46 |
| 6 | Wasso | Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra | Traditional | 5:27 |
| 7 | Mamadou Diaby | Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra | Traditional | 6:43 |
| 8 | Tapha Niang | Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra | Moussa Diabaté, Traditional | 6:51 |
| 9 | Single | Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra | Amadou Djité, Hussein Tounkara, Toumani Diabaté | 4:56 |
| 10 | Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra 'Boulevard De L'Indépendance' (A World Circuit DVD Short) | Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra | 13:42 |
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