Jembe Discography

COMPILED BY ERIC CHARRY

MALI
Coulibaly,Soungalo
1992 PercussionandSongsfromMali.Arion,ARN
64192/Melodie,09265.
Diallo,Yaya
1994 TheHealingDrum:AfricanCeremonialand
RitualMusic.
DestinyRecordings.
Doumbia,Abdoul
1995 AbdoulDoumbia.AKD95.Telephone:(401)521
3624.
Dumbia,Yamadu
1994 FestmusikausMali.RainerPolak,Oswald
MerzStrasse10,
95444Bayreuth,Germany.
Kante,Mamadou
1994 LesTamboursduMali/DrumsfromMali.Playa
Sound,PLS65132.
RhythmsofMali
1995 DrumsofMali:BacoDjicorni.Djenne,DJCD
1001.Dist.byStern's.
TroupeFolkloriqueMalienne
n.d. AfricanRhythmsandInstruments,vol.1.
RecordedatthePremiere
festivalPanafricaine,Algiers,1969.
Lyrichord,LYRCD7328.
GUINEA
AfricaDjolewithFodeYoula
1980 Kaloum.FreeMusicProduction,FMP/SAJ26.
n.d.a.
Live:TheConcertinBerlin'78.Free
MusicProduction,FMPCD1.
n.d.b.
BasikoloNeNe.Recorded1984.Free
MusicProduction,FMPCD44.

LesBalletsAfricains
1991 LesBalletsAfricains.Doundoumba,DDB40001;
Buda,825132.
1994 LesBalletsAfricains:Silo.Buda,925792.
1996 LesBalletsAfricains:Heritage.Doundoumba,
926342.
Camara,Ladji
n.d.a.
Africa,NewYork.Recordedin1975.
Lyrichord,LYRCD7345.
n.d.b.
LesballetsafricainsdePapaLadji
Camara.Lyrichord,LYRCD7419.
Fatala
1988 Gongomatimes.Issuedin1993by
Realworld/Caroline,CAROL23312.
Keita,Mamady
1989 Wassolon.FontiMusicali,FMD159.
1992 Nankama.FontiMusicali,FMD195.
1995 Mogobalu.FontiMusicali,FMD205.
Konate,Famoudou
1991 RhythmenderMalinke.MuseumfurVolkerkunde
Berlin,CD18.
Stauffenbergstrasse42,D10785Berlin.Fax:
49302662985.
MasteroftheForest
1992 MasteroftheForest:Mystiqued'Afrique.
AfricanPercussion.
Telephone:(818)5913111.
PercussionsdeGuinee(PercussionistsofGuinea)
1990 PercussionsdeGuinee.Buda,825012.
1994 PercussionsdeGuinee,vol.2.Buda,925862.
UnidentifieddrummersfromKarala
1952 MusicofOccidentalAfrica:Musicofthe
Baule,
MusicoftheMalinke.CounterpointCPT529,
EsotericES529
(1956).Reissuedin1993onCDalongwith
othermaterialas
AfricanTribalMusicandDancesonLaserlight
Digital,12179.
1972 MusiqueMalinke.RecordedbyGilbertRouget
in1952.

VogueLDM30113.
UnidentifieddrummersfromKoumanaandMandiana
1992 Recitsetepopees.Ocora,C560009.
Wassa
1991 SongsandRhythmsfromtheCoastalRegionof
Guinea.
Buda,925182.
Wofa
1995 RhythmsandSongsfromtheCoastalRegionof
Guinea.
Buda,926242.
BURKINAFASO
Farafina
1993 FasoDenou.Realworld/Caroline,CAROL23282.
LesFreresCoulibaly
1993 AnkaDia.Auvidis,B6775.
KokoduBurkinaFaso
1993 Balafons&tamboursd'Afrique,vol.2.Playa
Sound,PS65101.
Ouedraogo,Amidou&FasoTile
n.d. LamogoyaColeBobo.KochInternational,
322415.
UnidentifieddrummersfromBoboDioulasso
1990?
Balafons,percussions,chanteursdeBobo
Dioulasso.Buda,824812.
IVORYCOAST(Coted'Ivoire)
Drame,Adama
1979 RhythmsoftheManding:AdamaDrame(jembe).
Recorded197678.
Phillips,Unescocollection6586042.
Alsoissuedin1984asGrem,DSM042.
1986 Djeli.Auvidis,B5519.
1987 Grandsmaitresdelapercussion:tambour
djembe.Auvidis,B6126.
1992 PercussionsMandingues/MandingoDrums.Playa
Sound,PS65085.
ReissueofPlayaSound,PS33525.
1992 MarcVella&AdamaDrame:Continents.
LabelBleu,LBLC2504/HarmoniaMundi,HM83.

1994 PercussionsMandingues/MandingoDrums,vol.
2:Foliba.
PlayaSound,PS65122.
1995 Autrescontacts.WithLesPercussionsde
Strasbourg.
HarmoniaMundi/L'empreintedigitale,ED
13043.
UnidentifiedSenufodrummers
1987 MusikderSenufo.MuseumfurVolkerkunde
Berlin,MC4.
SENEGAL
Kouyate,Djimo
1992 Yankadi:MandingDrumRhythms.DjimoKouyate
&Memory
ofAfricanCulture.P.O.Box50042,
Washington,D.C.20091.
OrchestreAfricaDjembe
1992 TheDrumsofGoree.PlayaSound,PS65104.
MandianiDrumandDance
1994 MandianiDrumandDance.WhiteCliffsMedia,
WCM9326.

PopularMusicfeaturingtheJembe(selectedexamples)
MALI
Diakite,Djeneba
1993 Piraterie.Cobalt/Melodie,092652.
Keita,Salif
1994 TheMansaofMali...ARetrospective.Mango,
1625399372.
Sangare,Oumou
1993 KoSira.WorldCircuit,WCD036.
GUINEA
Camara,Aboubacar
199? BabaMoussa.Bolibana,BIP93.
Dioubate,Oumou
1993 Lancey.Stern's,STCD1046.
LesNyamakalasduFoutaDjallon

1992 Guinee:LesNyamakalasduFoutaDjallon.
Buda,925302.
Soumah,Momo"Wandel"
1991 Matchowe.Buda,828142.
Soumano,Sabre

199? Moussolou.Bolibana,BIP108.
SENEGAL
Ndour,Youssou
1989 TheLion.Virgin,7912532.

Jembe Bibliography
COMPILED BY ERIC CHARRY
Blanc,Serge
1993 PercussionsAfricaines:LeTambourJembe.
WithaccompanyingCD.
EditionsMauriceSonjon.
Browning,Robert
1995 "Djembefola",RhythmMusicMagazine4(9):21
24.
Diallo,YayaandMitchellHall
1989 TheHealingDrum:AfricanWisdomTeachings.
Rochester,VT:DestinyBooks.
Drame,AdamaandArletteSennBorloz
1992 Jeliya,etregriotetmusicienaujourd'hui.
Paris:EditionsL'Harmattan.
Goldman,Erik
1995 "PapaLadjiCamara'sManifestDestiny",
RhythmMusicMagazine4(9):1820.
Johnson,JohnWilliam
1986 TheEpicofSonJara:AWestAfrican
Tradition.
Bloomington:IndianaUniversityPress.
Laye,Camara(LayeCamara)
1954 TheDarkChild.TranslatedbyJamesKirkup

andErnestJones.
NewYork:Farrar,Straus&Giroux.Originally
publishedas
L'enfantnoir,1953.
1980 TheGuardianoftheWord.TranslatedbyJames
Kirkup.
GreatBritain:Fontana.Originallypublished
as
LeMaitredelaParole,1978.
Niane,DjibrilTamsir
1965 Sundiata,anepicofoldMali.Translatedby
G.D.Pickett.
Essex:Longman.Originallypublishedas
Soundjata,oul'epopeemandingue,1960.
Sunkett,Mark
1995 MandianiDrumandDance:DjimbePerformance
andBlack
AestheticsfromAfricatotheNewWorld.
Tempe,AZ:WhiteCliffsMedia.