Ousmane Ba - Fulani Flute (Snippet from GRIOT Documentary)

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[@markdonovan1540]

This reminds me of the wonderful Fulani flute player Oumarou Namazarou, who I was honoured to meet in London in 1997. It was the first time I'd heard this type of flute playing. It was truly a beautiful experience. He told me about how he first learnt the flute and its significance to traditional music. At the time, he was playing a concert on London witb Bambaraka, a Jazz-Gnawa fusion group from Morocco.

[@vgoetze]

Namazarou! He is from Niger. Thanks for remembering him!

[@vgoetze]

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[@markdonovan1540]

@@vgoetze Wow, thanks for the link. I still remember him well, such a humble man, yet full of knowledge of his art. I sat in the same room while he was interviewed by the BBC in London. One day, during a break from rehearsing, he played a mesmerising piece of flute, then suddenly stopped and said in perfect English: "And now the news from the BBC!". We were all stunned and it was a particularly memorable moment. He told us that he had played the tune as part of the BBC World Service introduction music in the studios in Niamey. On seeing him off at the airport, I gave him my Rayban sunglasses as a gift. He put them on, smiled and looked very regal indeed.

[@dylanmorriss]

Absolutely amazing, such raw emotion

[@vgoetze]

Thanks! He is considered one of the best Fulani players in West Africa... Please share and subscribe! griotmovie.com

[@kingcharloofficiel7441]

Faire crier ce flûte africain est presque un don ! Vraiment très belle prestation 🙏🏾❤️

[@vgoetze]

It was a great honor and pleasure to capture these moments. Just before we filmed him, Osmane saw footage of him from a session months earlier and he loved it so much that he gave even more. Thank you Osmane for being honest and real.

[@alassanesall6558]

Fulani are amazing

[@buttergurls6401]

Wooow this is fulani music??

[@mowglimowgli3318]

Incroyable 😵salam de l’Algérie 🇩🇿

[@vgoetze]

It was the second time we filmed him. He was so moved seeing his first performance that he went all out! Very very powerful! God bless him!

[@pondelion1]

amazing

[@vgoetze]

idlys Yup!!! Thanks for watching! Please consider subscribing....

[@user-of3ks1hj9i]

❤❤❤❤❤djarabouy

[@vgoetze]

Merci

[@FayssalZOUMHANE]

Formidable !

[@vgoetze]

This is his performance after revisiting Senegal and showing him his first performances. He was so happy and maybe felt understood that he took it all out. The full solo is over 12 minutes long.

[@pascaldijkhuizen6600]

I see now where Roland Kirk got his inspirations from

[@vgoetze]

Well he has direct forced unknown lineage to Africa…?

[@pascaldijkhuizen6600]

@Volker Goetze well yes ofcourse, but he and others from that generation of African-American (jazz) musicians also took a more direct inspiration from their heritage to enrich themselves. The way the flutist in this video combines singing and flute playing in this way is not something that is within one's dna, but it's definitely cultural. Whilst some musicality may pass on through one's lineage, it's one's environment and cultural surroundings that largely determine that. It's not as if Kirk learned to utilize similar vocal and flute playing techniques in a vacuum through the sheer origin of his ancestry as only learning material. To say that he's the great grandchild of someone forcibly displaced is not enough to explain his personal musical style, it's more complex than that.

[@vgoetze]

@@pascaldijkhuizen6600 Nice! On the other hand there have been musicians all along singing into their horns all along the earliest history of Jazz.

[@pascaldijkhuizen6600]

@Volker Goetze that's true too. Bless this music and the musicians too for creating their distinct sounds.

[@vgoetze]

@@pascaldijkhuizen6600 too classical composer just 100 years to copy from and proclaim extended performance techniques as the new thing … ;-)

[@fulani5]

is my teacher

[@vgoetze]

Ariel Nahum You’re lucky!!!! I transcribed his music and practiced them on the trumpet... quite challenging but it’s such a pleasure instead of practicing patterns to practice language!!! No?

[@fulani5]

@@vgoetze if you want to learn more fula tunes maybe i can help

[@vgoetze]

Ariel Nahum I would love that! I did some subscribing myself from the footage I captured.... my email: volkergoetze (at) Gmail