Doudou N'Diaye Rose

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Doudou N'Diaye Rose (b. Dakar, Senegal, 1928) is the most famous Senegalese drummer, and one of the most renowned African musicians of the 20th century. He specializes in the traditional drum called sabar, although he also plays many other types of drum such as saourouba, assicot, bougarabou, meung meung, lamb, n'der, gorom babass, and khine.

He is the founder and chief drum major of the Drummers of West Africa (all members of his family), with which he also performs. He also leads an all-female drum group called Les Rosettes, composed entirely of his own daughters and granddaughters.

N'Diaye Rose is purported to have developed 500 new rhythms, and, indeed, his music is quite complex, featuring ever-changing rhythmic structures which he conducts with his trademark vigorous style.[1] He has also invented new types of drum.

He has performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Alan Stivell, Miles Davis, the Rolling Stones, Peter Gabriel, Kodo and Bill Bruford.

[edit] Album

Perhaps his most well-known album, Djabote (Real World CDRW43) features 12 tracks recorded on the Isle of Gorée in March 1991. It was recorded in one week with his group of fifty drummers and the Julien Jouga's Choir, an eighty-member, all-female choir.

[edit] Films

Djabote: Senegalese Drumming & Song From Master Drummer Doudou N'Diaye Rose (1993). Directed by Béatrice Soulé and Eric Millot. Montpelier, Vermont: Multicultural Media.