PAPAYA: Derek Gripper: guitar (Sydafrika)

PAPAYA: Derek Gripper: guitar (Sydafrika)

Mellem J.S. Bach & Toumani Diabaté

Den sydafrikanske guitarist Derek Gripper startede sin musikalske løbebane inden for den klassiske europæisk musik og har i de sidste par år ikke mindst arbejdet med kunstmusikken fra det vestlige Afrika (Mali og Senegal), der spilles på den 21-strengede harpelut kora. Hans første indspilning af koramusik for guitar begejstrede den australsk-britiske guitarvirtuos John Williams så meget, at de snart skal indspille Derek transskriptioner af koramusik for to guitarer. Derek seneste indspilning koncentrerer sig om J.S. Bach: Sonata & Partita. For ham er afstanden mellem Bach og Malis store nulevende musiker Toumani Diabaté ikke så stor…

Dereks hjemmeside er meget informativ, og man finder her såvel Malis koramusik som hele Dereks indspilning af Bach:
www.derekgripper.com
 

Dereks forrige indspilning: Libraries of Fire, figurerer på Songlines liste over The 50 Greatest World Music Albums of the Last Five Years med ordene:
South African guitarist Derek Gripper has become a favourite at Songlines. Not just because of his superb performances with John Williams at the Songlines Encounters Festival last June, but because he’s such a superb musician and cool guy. Like his earlier One Night on Earth, this album is mostly rearrangements for six-string classical guitar of kora pieces by Toumani Diabaté, Ballaké Sissoko and others. Aside from playing sublime West African music in a way that makes it more ‘classical,’ he is also making it into something more abstract and pure, like Bach played on the piano rather than harpsichord. A tremendous achievement.

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