Latest Release
- NOV 26, 2022
- 1 Song
- Teranga! Senegal, Vol. 2 · 2012
- Le Sahel: La Légende De Dakar · 2015
- Diamonoye tiopité (L'époque de l'évolution) · 2005
- Diamonoye tiopité (L'époque de l'évolution) · 2010
- Le Sahel: La Légende De Dakar · 2015
- Diamonoye tiopité (L'époque de l'évolution) · 2010
- Diamonoye tiopité (L'époque de l'évolution) · 2010
- Diamonoye tiopité (L'époque de l'évolution) · 2010
- Le Sahel: La Légende De Dakar · 2015
- Le Sahel: La Légende De Dakar · 2015
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- 1992
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About Idrissa Diop
One of the quiet innovators behind the scenes of African music, Idrissa Diop has played a role, sometimes directly but usually indirectly, in much of contemporary Senegalese music. Before Dakar had become a hotbed of activity on the world market, Diop was playing the local music circuits as a percussionist with a number of small bands, usually providing the bulk of the arrangements and infusing the traditional music with touches of jazz, funk, and Afro-beat (Fela was a personal hero of sorts for Diop, and later became a major target for help from his political side of work). While performing some of this relatively new music, Diop was spotted by the up-and-coming Youssou N'Dour; N'Dour became the catalyst for Diop's rise to the world scene, commissioning a number of songs. Moving to France as one of many Senegalese musicians making the move to a larger market, he formed the African jazz-rock fusion group Sixun, which became a critical success with a few albums, eventually landing a major-label contract for Lunatic Taxi. Side projects with Ralph Thamar and Ray Lema, among others, kept momentum going for Diop after Sixun's eventual end, with a performance in the BBC's millennium broadcast opening the door for a solo album, Yakar, by 2003. Work on Yakar also led to an ongoing collaboration with Carlos Santana as songwriter and occasional opening act. ~ Adam Greenberg
- HOMETOWN
- Senegal
- BORN
- 1949
- GENRE
- Worldwide