Savane (album)

Savane
Studio album by Ali Farka Touré
Released 17 July 2006 (UK)[1]
25 July 2006 (U.S.)
Recorded Hôtel Mandé, Bamako, 2004
Genre African Blues
Length 58:37
Label World Circuit
Producer Nick Gold
Professional reviews

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Ali Farka Touré chronology
In the Heart of the Moon
(2005)		 Savane
(2006)		 Ali and Toumani
(with Toumani Diabaté)
(2010)

Savane is the final solo album by Malian musician Ali Farka Touré. It is the third and final part of the Hôtel Mandé Sessions, featuring Touré and Toumani Diabaté, recorded by World Circuit head Nick Gold. The album was released posthumously by World Circuit on 17 July 2006,[1] more than four months after Touré's death.

The recording sessions at Hôtel Mandé in Bamako took place from June to July 2004.[2] Touré, suffering from cancer, had wanted to remain in Mali, so a temporary studio was set up on the top floor of the hotel.[2] Touré approved the final master of Savane just weeks before his death in March 2006.[3] He said of the album: "I know this is my best album ever. It has the most power and is the most different."[4]

Savane features a number of non-African blues musicians, such as Little George Sueref, Pee Wee Ellis, and also Touré's protégé since the age of 13, Afel Bocoum.

It was released to high critical acclaim, earning a 94 on Metacritic.[5]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Erdi" – 4:42
  2. "Yer Bounda Fara" – 4:18
  3. "Beto" – 4:49
  4. "Savane" – 7:43
  5. "Soya" – 4:38
  6. "Penda Yoro" – 5:25
  7. "Machengoidi" – 3:35
  8. "Ledi Coumbe" – 3:16
  9. "Hanana" – 2:34
  10. "Soko Yhinka" – 5:05
  11. "Gambari Didi" – 3:49
  12. "Banga" – 3:48
  13. "N'Jarou" – 4:55

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b "Ali Farka Toure: Savane (2006): CD". HMV. http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=509742. Retrieved 23 January 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Ben Sisario (23 July 2006). "Nick Gold, the Musical Matchmaker Who Gave Mali the Blues". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/23/arts/music/23sisa.html?pagewanted=print. Retrieved 23 January 2011. 
  3. ^ "Ali Farka Toure::Biography". World Circuit. http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk/#Ali_Farka_Toure::Biography. Retrieved 23 January 2011. 
  4. ^ "Ali Farka Toure::Savane". World Circuit. http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk/#Ali_Farka_Toure::Savane. Retrieved 23 January 2011. 
  5. ^ Ali Farka Toure: Savane (2006): Reviews

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