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01. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Niary Ngorong
02. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Gumbè
03. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Kaolack
04. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Fass
05. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Farwu Jar
06. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Ardin Lent
07. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Ardin Rapide
08. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Ceebu Jen
09. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Baar Mbaye
10. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Mbabass
11. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Xibar
12. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Dey Sey
13. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Seut Yi
14. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Toco
15. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Yendulen
16. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Dalalba
17. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Les Rosettes
18. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Ndiouk
19. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Penthie Me
20. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Diakhay Malay
21. The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - Tagoo
ARTIST
TITLE
Twenty-One Sabar Rhythms
FORMAT
2LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
HJR 087LP HJR 087LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
9/23/2022

Magnificent Wolof drum music, performed by an extended griot family over seven consecutive days, in the mystical setting of Lac Rose, outside Dakar. Doudou Ndiaye Rose -- who died in 2015 -- is a key drummer in the musical history of the world. He developed a system of five hundred original drumming patterns, ancient and new. Amongst the modern rhythms here is Bench Mi -- "under the Baobab tree," a spot where problems get solved. Also, Hibar Yi -- "passing on information" -- the theme-tune of Senegalese TV national news for decades -- and Les Rosettes, the signature rhythm of Senegal's first ever all-female percussion group, convened by Doudou, and named after his grandmother. These original compositions sit alongside important traditional rhythms, familiar to every Sabar player, such as "Farwu Jar" (a courtship game sometimes resulting in a wedding), "Ceebu Jin" (also the name of the national dish of fish and rice), and "Gumbé", often played after a successful harvest. Recorded in joyful single takes, with no overdubs, mastered by Rashad Becker, the music is deep and thrilling, polyrhythmic to the bone, with a complex, pointillistic intensity at times evoking Jeff Mills in full flight.