Yaya Diallo's West African Kanza Music CD Release

Yaya Diallo, Malian musician and author transposes traditional West African music to Occidental instruments on his new CD release Live at Club Soda on Onzou Records.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Stephen Conroy, Producer/Manager
Yaya Diallos West African Music
Onzou Records, http://www.onzou.com
Tel.: (250) 383-2403
Email: info@onzou.com

YAYA DIALLO CD RELEASE ON ONZOU RECORDS
WEST AFRICAN KANZA MUSIC

VICTORIA, BC CANADA, Nov. 1 – Kanza is a new concept within the Minianka musical culture. This kind of music is a fusion of the past and the present opening the door to the future. Kanza music was conceived as a means of maintaining interest in traditional music.

Live at Club Soda takes a dramatic shift from Yayas earlier traditional albums by transposing traditional village music to Occidental instruments. Yaya Diallos innovative music gives solo voice to all the instruments within an African rhythmic structure. Recorded live in 1989 the sound is reminiscent of 1950s rock and roll, blues and jazz. Live at Club Soda will be available mid-November.

Scott Stevens, World Music Director of KAOS-FM, Olympia WA writes, Yaya Diallo goes electric on Live at Club Soda with his band Kanza adding guitar, bass, drum set, sax, violin, backup singers, and more. The result is hypnotic dance music, with one foot planted in village music, the other kicking toward jazz and funk."

View the Yaya Diallo interactive Community Forum at http://yayadiallo.proboards20.com Year 2003 Holiday Sale includes Yaya Diallos new CD Live at Club Soda, Nangapè and Dounoukan. For details visit Onzou Records, http://www.onzou.com

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