Orchestra Baobab

Orchestra Baobab

Orchestra Baobab

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Top Songs

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Coumba
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Boulène Dème
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50 ANS (Live Dome Session Koko London)
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Limale Ndiaye
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Saf Mama Dem

Albums

  • Boulène Dème

    Nov 2024 • 1 song

  • 50 ANS (Live Dome Session Koko London)
  • Viva Bawobab S1 / Si Bou Odja

    Nov 2020 • 6 songs

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Orchestra Baobab

Biography

From inauspicious beginnings as the weekend house band at a Dakar club for government officials, Senegal's Orchestra Baobab, named for the club (which in turn took its name from the native baobab tree), went on to become one of the seminal bands of world music, with an influence that extended far beyond their national boundaries, throughout West Africa and into Europe. Put together by original leader and saxophonist Baro N'Diaye, the first version was a seven-piece group, three of them enticed away from Dakar's biggest band, the Star Band, who had a regular gig at Ibra Kasse...
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