◇ image via WikipediaOrchestra Baobab
Orchestra Baobab is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ibrahim Ferrer. Those roots explain a lot about how Orchestra Baobab arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cheikh Lô, Amadou & Mariam, Ebo Taylor, Bembeya Jazz National and Vieux Farka Touré, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tony Allen, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Orchestra Baobab, reaching back through Ibrahim Ferrer and forward to Tony Allen. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Orchestra Baobab is a Senegalese band established in 1970 as the house band of the Baobab Club in Dakar. Many of the band's original members had previously played with Star Band de Dakar in the 1960s. Directed by timbalero and vocalist Balla Sidibé, the group featured saxophonists Issa Cissoko and Thierno Koité, two singers, two guitarists and a rhythm section with drums, congas and bass guitar. Since their formation, the band has predominantly played a mix of son cubano, Wolof music, and to a lesser extent Mande musical traditions. Following the deaths of Cissoko in 2019 and Sidibé in 2020, Thierno Koité has become the leader of the band.
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Orchestra Baobab connections
Orchestra Baobab grew out of Ibrahim Ferrer, shares an orbit with Cheikh Lô, Amadou & Mariam, Ebo Taylor and Bembeya Jazz National, went on to shape Tony Allen. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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