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  Dawda
Jobarteh is a korafolá A korafolá is a kora player in mandinka (who is able to make the kora talk) - korafolálu,
plural. hailing from a great griots family, the Jobarteh from Brikama (Gambia). Born in 1976 son of the famous Amadu Bansang JobartehAmadu Bansang Jobarteh
(1915, Tambasan Sang - 8 April 2001, Bansang, Gambia) was a famous korafolá in his country (Gambia), hailing from the great jèlílu family of the Diabate from Gambia and Mali... Read more,
creator (like Alhaji Bai KontehAlhaji Bai Konté was a korafolá very famous in Gambia, like Jali Nyama Suso, thus less world popular. His
legacy is huge as he had been the creator of a new proeminent kora style and school, the yeyengo style ... Read more.) of a kora new playing style, the yeyengo style  , nephew of Malamin Jobarteh and Dembo KontehDembo Konteh is a korafolá coming from a griot family including some of the world most reknowned korafolálu..., his kora teachers, he is also parent of Toumani DiabateVirtuoso korafolá, Toumani Diabate has much contributed to make known the kora all around the world and by his original meetings opened of new ways to the music... Read more., Dawda Jobarteh's musical heritage carries considerable weight, so he plays now his own way proudly on the footsteps of his fathers.
Taking his musical training from a Mande griot upbringing, Dawda Jobarteh creates an intense contemporary vision of an ancient tradition.
Personally invited by Peter Gabriel to tour on Womad around Europe in 1997, undoubtly not a bad choise, that led to
contribution to great artist's concerts.
Dawda Jobarteh has been playing internationally with distinguished musicians such as Tata DindinEbraima « Tata Dindin » Jobateh is a great virtuoso and korafolá. Native of Brikama (Gambia), son of great korafolá Malamine Jobarteh... Read more. & Salaam Band, Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra, Youssef Latif, Wombat, Tchando, Moussa Diallo, Mikkel Nordsø, Palle Mikkelborg, Muktar Samba, Toumani DiabateVirtuoso korafolá, Toumani Diabate has much contributed to make known the kora all around the world and by his original meetings opened of new ways to the music... Read more. and Bassekou KouyatéInheritance is the best source of inspiration and Bassekou Kouyate drank to limpid sources. Born in 1966 in Garana, his father Mustapha Kouyaté was certainly the best n'konifôla... Read more..
Released in september 2011, his first album is a glittering kora fusion gem created “with the support of
long-term friends and band members, Preben Carlsen on guitar, Nana Osibio on bass and Salieu Dibba on percussion and including some deeply personal statements, Dawda weaves his distinctive kora
playing through modern musical landscapes.” Stern's Music.
Transitional Times, Dawda’s second on Sterns Africa, is intensely personal. As Dawda himself notes, with most vocals and kora instrumentals recorded at home over several years, this “recording has been the soundtrack of my children and wife's dreams for many nights.” Transitional Times again sees Dawda meld the contemporary with the traditional in equal measure. Either reworking a jazz standard or using guitar effect pedals,
Dawda makes both the kora and the music of his heritage current and vital.
2018 : New album : I Met Her by the River
The choice of repertoire reflects both Dawda's home and life in Denmark, and his birth and history in The Gambia. On songs such as “Karang FoloThis title is inspired by « Kuruntu Kelefa ». « Kuruntu Kelefa » means « Kelefa trailed on his chariot »... Read more. and “Sidi Yella” we hear the Dawda who is grandson of one of the most famed kora players, Alhaji Bai KontehAlhaji Bai Konte was a very famous korafolá in Gambia, like Jali Nyama Suso..., and youngest son of Amadu
Bansang JobartehAmadu Bansang Jobarteh was a famous korafolá in his country (Gambia), hailing from the great jèlílu family of the Diabate from Gambia and Mali... , favoured musican of Gambia's first president. Dawda is also a nephew of the now sadly deceased Malamini Jobarteh and Dembo KontehDembo Konteh is a korafolá coming from a griot family including some of the world most reknowned korafolálu..., the first kora duo to tour outside Africa, from whom Dawda learned so much and who Sterns first recorded in 1985.
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Genealogy of the famous West African korafolálu
Amadu Bansang Jobarteh était un korafolá fort célèbre en Gambie, issu de cette grande famille de griots innovateurs que sont les Diabaté de Gambie et du Mali... Lire la suite.
Toumani Diabaté est un des fils du griot légendaire Sidiki Diabaté. Virtuose korafolá , il a beaucoup contribué au dé veloppement de la kora... Lire la suite.
Seckou Keita n'était pas destiné à devenir « griot », au sens strict du terme, mais en réalisant sa vocation, il a accompli son destin... Lire la suite.
