Fula Flute (Blue Monster/Fula Flute Music)
Fula
Flute is an unusual recording dedicated to bringing the West African
flute into sharp focus, and it succeeds in the hands of master musician
Bailo Bah, a Guinean who played flute with Ballet Koteba throughout
West Africa for 22 years before moving to New York. Multiple flutes
create amazing rhythms over which Bah expounds, with force by vocalising
his exhalations as he plays his instrument. many of the tunes also
include balafon and kora, and with them the ensemble brings West African
traditional music to life in Brooklyn. This sessions lasts an hour,
which provides a hearty dose of flute with an edge.
Robert
Ambrose
The Beat Magazine Volume 24 #4, 2002
