Malang Jobarteh – Past Concerts
Hailing from a distinguished lineage of Gambia kora players, Malang Jobarteh carries on the tradition as a prolific kora performer and educator based in New York City. He has presented concerts at the Center for African Studies at Rutgers University, Wave Hill, Basilica Hudson, Longwood Arts Gallery, Northside Music Festival, Bronx Heritage Center, and many more. Jobarteh is a recording artist and has been featured on albums with Boubacar Diebate, Bela Fleck and Dialy Kounda, among others, and was awarded an Arts Fund grant from Bronx Council for the Arts. Jobarteh also serves in many cultural functions. As a Djeli he is personally responsible for maintaining an oral history of many generations before him, and he is called upon in countless social settings to bring people together, sometimes to resolve disputes, and other times to help leaders of the noble class make important decisions. His role is a complex one with many layers, with no direct parallel in American society.
Crossings: Malang Jobarteh, kora & Chelsea Randall, piano
Fred Onovwerosuoke — Twenty-Four Studies in African Rhythm (excerpts)
Joshua Uzoigwe — Talking Drums ("I. Ukom")
Nkeiru Okoye — African Sketches ("II. Dusk")
Philip Glass — Metamorphosis
$25 (student discounts available – contact organizer)
Joyful Music in Greenwich Village – Malang Jobarteh, kora
Malang Jobarteh will be performing selections of traditional West African and Western classical music on the Kora – a lute string harp play…
$5 to reserve, $20+ at event
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