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Foday Musa Suso (1950 - )

Male Person - United States

Releases (5)

Official

Album

  1. Mansa Bendung 1986
  2. The Dreamtime 1990
  3. Jali Kunda: Griots of West Africa & Beyond 21 Jan 1996
  4. Kora Music From The Gambia
  5. Hand Power

Relationships (11)

Member Of

  1. Foday Suso and The Mandingo Griot Society original, eponymous, kora
  2. Tokyo Rotation K2
  3. Material
  4. The Ginger Baker Band
  5. The Ripple Effect
  6. Mandingo Griot Society
  7. Autonomous Zone
  8. Mandingo
  9. The Rockit Band kora, mbira
  10. Possession balafon
  11. Flying Mijinko Band

Recordings by (47)

  1. Kunkuba 6:48 (1986)
  2. Tutu Jarra 7:51 (1986)
  3. Tramakang 7:00 (1986)
  4. Mamadu Bitiki 6:03 (1986)
  5. Diaba 6:59 (1986)
  6. Kulunklan 6:53 (1986)
  7. Futula Mussoli 5:56 (1990)
  8. Morning Light 6:41 (1990)
  9. Mba Ndin Seedy 5:43 (1990)
  10. Under The Tree 6:32 (1990)
  11. Kana Boori 6:25 (1990)
  12. Finger Work 6:11 (1990)
  13. Moving Shadow 5:52 (1990)
  14. Dunia Sound 6:08 (1990)
  15. Bunfa Silence 6:26 (1990)
  16. Fulada 5:55 (1990)
  17. Early Walk 6:47 (1990)
  18. Tilliboyo (Sunset) 4:23 (14 Feb 1992)
  19. Allah l'aake (Koda, Senegal) 2:45 (21 Jan 1996)
  20. Sunjata (Tabato, Ginea-Bissau) 5:45 (21 Jan 1996)
  21. Sinyaro (Brikama, The Gambia) 3:03 (21 Jan 1996)
  22. Mariama (Kolda, Senegal) 4:31 (21 Jan 1996)
  23. Spring Waterfall 7:21 (21 Jan 1996)
  24. Jula Faso (Brikama, The Gambia) 3:20 (21 Jan 1996)
  25. Sunjata (Kolda, Senegal) 3:10 (21 Jan 1996)
  26. Lanmbasy Dub 8:23 (21 Jan 1996)
  27. Jula Jekereh (Brikama, The Gambia) 4:50 (21 Jan 1996)
  28. Lambango (Gabu, Ginea-Bissau) 2:48 (21 Jan 1996)
  29. Samma 8:30 (21 Jan 1996)
  30. Sorrie (Brikama, The Gambia) 3:35 (21 Jan 1996)
  31. Yata Kaya (Kolda, Senegal) 4:55 (21 Jan 1996)
  32. Lambango (Tabato, Ginea-Bissau) 8:01 (21 Jan 1996)
  33. Allah l'aake (Brikama, The Gambia) 3:51 (21 Jan 1996)
  34. Lanmbasy Dub (Bill Laswell mix) 6:34 (2001)
  35. Sinvaro (Brinkama, The Gambia) 3:03 ()
  36. Kelefaba 3:37 ()
  37. Sunjata 6:36 ()
  38. Tira Makan 7:07 ()
  39. Apollo 4:51 ()
  40. Jula Jekere 6:04 ()
  41. Jukute Nte Sorola 4:20 ()
  42. Mama Manneh 5:37 ()
  43. Tesito 6:58 ()
  44. Fatoto Camara Kunda 7:12 ()
  45. Julla Fasso 7:04 ()
  46. Ye Goni 7:10 ()
  47. Sir Dawda Jawara 6:44 ()

On Recordings (39)

Instruments

  1. Junku 5:31 Herbie Hancock (1984) kora
  2. Metal Beat 4:56 Herbie Hancock (1984) kora
  3. Sound‐System 5:53 Herbie Hancock (1984) kora
  4. Dewgal 6:16 Mandingo (1985) kora, mbira, talking drum
  5. Harima (edit) 3:59 Mandingo (1985) kora, mbira, talking drum
  6. Interlock 4:56 Ginger Baker (1986) kora
  7. Uncut 6:51 Ginger Baker (1986) kora
  8. Makuta 5:33 Ginger Baker (1986) kora
  9. Satou 5:22 Ginger Baker (1986) kora
  10. Powerhouse (edit) 4:58 Mandingo (1991) kora, talking drum, Gravikord
  11. Tilliboyo (Sunset) 4:23 Foday Musa Suso (14 Feb 1992) kora
  12. Witness 7:32 Nicky Skopelitis (20 Apr 1993) harp
  13. Heresy 5:38 Nicky Skopelitis (20 Apr 1993) kora
  14. Tarab 7:21 Nicky Skopelitis (20 Apr 1993) harp
  15. Jubilee 4:41 Nicky Skopelitis (20 Apr 1993) harp
  16. Proud Flesh 4:49 Nicky Skopelitis (20 Apr 1993) kora
  17. Ocean Song 8:49 Pharoah Sanders (1995) kora, donso ng?ni
  18. Tomoki 6:25 Pharoah Sanders (1995) kora, donso ng?ni
  19. Country Mile 6:03 Pharoah Sanders (19 Mar 1996) kora, donso ng?ni
  20. Our Roots (Began in Africa) 10:21 Pharoah Sanders (19 Mar 1996) kora, donso ng?ni
  21. Kumba 7:50 Pharoah Sanders (19 Mar 1996) kora, donso ng?ni
  22. Nozipho 9:42 Pharoah Sanders (19 Mar 1996) kora, donso ng?ni
  23. Disco Gate 7:40 Foday Suso and The Mandingo Griot Society (01 Apr 2014) kora
  24. Kuumba Sora 6:58 Foday Suso and The Mandingo Griot Society (01 Apr 2014) kora
  25. Demba Tenkeren 7:25 Foday Suso and The Mandingo Griot Society (01 Apr 2014) kora

Vocals

  1. Harima (edit) 3:59 Mandingo (1985) lead vocals
  2. Dewgal 6:16 Mandingo (1985) lead vocals
  3. Powerhouse (edit) 4:58 Mandingo (1991)
  4. Tomoki 6:25 Pharoah Sanders (1995)
  5. Ocean Song 8:49 Pharoah Sanders (1995)
  6. Our Roots (Began in Africa) 10:21 Pharoah Sanders (19 Mar 1996)
  7. Country Mile 6:03 Pharoah Sanders (19 Mar 1996)
  8. Nozipho 9:42 Pharoah Sanders (19 Mar 1996)
  9. Kumba 7:50 Pharoah Sanders (19 Mar 1996)

Engineered

  1. Hamaba 4:42 [unknown] (1992)

Produced

  1. Dewgal 6:16 Mandingo (1985)
  2. Harima (edit) 3:59 Mandingo (1985)
  3. Hamaba 4:41 Mandinka Ensemble of the Gambia (1991) co
  4. Nayo 3:11 Musicians of the Gambia (1991) co

Credited as (11)

  1. Foday Musa Suso
  2. Herbie Hancock and Foday Musa Suso
  3. Jack DeJohnette & Foday Musa Suso
  4. Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso
  5. Philip Glass & Foday Musa Suso
  6. Herbie Hancock & Foday Musa Suso
  7. Philip Glass feat. Foday Musa Suso
  8. Mandingo featuring Foday Musa Suso
  9. Mandingo Feat. Foday Musa Suso With Herbie Hancock
  10. Mandingo feat. Foday Musa Suso & Herbie Hancock
  11. Mandingo Featuring Foday Musa Suso

Works (47)

Wrote

  1. The Gambia
  2. Lanmbasy
  3. Balafa
  4. Mandinka
  5. Powerhouse
  6. Ada Andi
  7. Tell Me One More Time
  8. Muso
  9. Natural Dancer
  10. Kensala
  11. Don't Worry
  12. For the Young

Composed

  1. The Screens
  2. The Mad Cadi's Court
  3. Leila Dies
  4. Said and His Shadow Dance
  5. Decorating the Dummies
  6. Warda's Whorehouse
  7. The French Lieutenant Dreams
  8. The Arab Women Lament
  9. Land of the Dead
  10. Ansatou
  11. 19th Century France
  12. Said's Treason
  13. The Orchard
  14. The Village
  15. Prison Song
  16. Suso's Song
  17. France
  18. Night on the Balcony
  19. North Africa - 1962
  20. Demba Tenkeren
  21. Disco Gate
  22. Kuumba Sora
  23. Ocean Wave
  24. Ancient Techno
  25. Rose Garden
  26. Worldwide Funk
  27. Mountain Love Dance
  28. Party
  29. Voice of the Kudrus
  30. Junku
  31. Sound-System
  32. Dewgal
  33. Tilliboyo (Sunset)
  34. Harima
  35. Kumba

Links (10)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.fmsuso.com/

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87803353
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134534573
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n87803353
  4. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/foday_musa_suso
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13935225v

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/90251

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/33726

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/10037295

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1435087