The Gambian-Norwegian Friendship Orchestra

The Gambian/Norwegian Friendship Orchestra – Friendship (Live) (1983/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:57 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Jazz
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The Gambian / Norwegian Friendship Orchestra (established 1980 in Bergen) was a jazz group with musicians from Western Norway and The Gambia, known as one of the first national initiatives in world music. The cast consisted of vocalists and percussionists Ebou Secka, Kabirr M’bye, Zahir M’bye, Segou Camara, Demba Jobarteh, Miki N’doye. On the Norwegian side were percussionist Helge Linaae, saxophonists Erik Balke, Olav Dale, Vidar Johansen, trumpeters Stein Holdhus and Per Jorgensen, Harald Halvorsen trombone, guitarist Ole Thomsen and Sveinung Hovensjoe bass, as well as Knut Kristiansen piano who was the initiator of the project.

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