Fadouba Oulare

[Dugafola]

RIP

[michi]

I take it that your message means exactly what it says

When?

Very sad

Michi.

[bops]

Rest in peace.

[dununbabe]

very sad indeed, another master gone. Study with the grand masters while you can.

[Dugafola]

I take it that your message means exactly what it says

When?

Very sad

Michi.

last night in Conakry.

very sad indeed, another master gone. Study with the grand masters while you can.

QFT

[guedom]

very sad new

[bops]

Fadouba playing Soko and Kawa in 2004 in Montpellier, France:

[makalani]

May he have a short journey to the ancestors' village. My teacher and I were reminiscing about him tonight while watching a video of Mamady, Famadou, and him. He lives forever in the music.

[the kid]

a 15min clip of Fadouba and family drumming

www.dailymotion.com/video/xbg8kx_fadouba-oulare_music

[bubudi]

9 minutes of sickness! fadouba playing kawa on 2nd june 2009 in rovigo, italy, at the afropean festival.

[dununbabe]

re: Kawa, is that Jeremy Tomask on djembe back there?

[Dugafola]

the cockroach himself!!

[apsobrien]

Rest in Peace, Fadouba!

I was really sad to hear that he passed away. It's only just recently that he finally released his own CD, and was featured twice in the very high quality DVD, M'Bemba Fakoli. If you haven't heard his CD or seen the video, I highly recommend both.

Hearing this sad news brought back some great memories. 8 years ago, I went to Guinea for the first (and as of yet, only) time. I spent most of my time in the Donka/Camayenne neighborhood of Conakry, studying with a group of young musicians, Les Petits Sorciers. They were students of Papa Kouyate. My main teacher at the time, the group leader, was Kabinet Bayo. All of the other members/kids, were fantastic musicians. One of the best djembe players in the group, after Kabinet, was "Petit" Moussa, or as I now have come to know, Fadouba Oulare's son, Moussa Oulare. Near the end of my three month stay, since I had said that I'd like to see some of the internal country, Kabinet asked me if I'd like to go visit Fadouba Oulare, the "Grandfather of Soko". I didn't know who he was at the time, but I was happy to go somewhere that my teacher wanted to go, and to have the chance to meet someone so historically important to the djembe. After a long and cramped, but exciting drive west via "deplacement" taxi, we arrived on Fadouba's doorstep, unannounced. On the spot, with open arms and a beaming smile, he called together a welcome party, live music, singing and dancing, a feast, and gave us a place to stay. We only stayed one more day and night, but Fadouba was an extremely kind and generous host and of course a fantastic teacher, and I feel so incredibly lucky to have spent such quality time with him.

My condolences to "Petit" Moussa and the rest of Fadouba's family.
-Andy