Artist:Baaba Maal
Song:Jamma Jengii
Album:Palm World Voices
Senegalese singer songwriter Baaba Maal has recording since the 90s. You may be familiar with his contributions to the 2018 film Black Panther. He sings in the Senegalese language Pulaar. He was born June 13, 1953 in Podor, Senegal. In the Senegalese tradition, Maal was supposed to be a fisherman like his father. But he learned music from his mother and studied at the Conservatoire de Paris in France. Maal's big influence was blind singer Mansour Seck. And they started touring and recording together in the 80s. For his entire career, Maal has recorded for Island Records founder Chris Blackwell. He first recorded in 1991 for Island's Mango label. Then when Blackwell sold Island to Universal, Maal signed with Blackwell's new label Palm Pictures. Jamma Jengii is from Maal's 2001 album Missing You (Mi Yeewni). Maal writes and produces all his music. This album was produced by veteran Abbey Road Studios recording engineer John Leckie. You can get it on this CD/DVD comp. This has a CD plus a DVD with live performances and a documentary. Maal is best known for working on Ludwig Goransson's score for the 2018 film Black Panther. Maal brought African musicians in to work on the score. Obviously he added a lot to the film. He also worked on the 2022 sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Maal's latest album Being was released in 2023. And he's making his first London appearance in 20 years on May 30. Here's Baaba Maal performing Jamma Jengii on Later with Jools Holland.
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