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''Kulanjan'' is a 1999 album by blues artist Taj Mahal and Malian kora-player Toumani Diabaté. Mahal had first visited Mali in 1979, and the title of the album comes from the track "Kulanjan" from the 1970 album of kora music, ''Ancient Strings'', by Toumani Diabaté's father Sidiki Diabaté. Mahal and Toumani Diabaté had first met in 1990, and in 1999, Toumani Diabeté selected six virtuoso Malian musicians and took them to record the album with Mahal in Athens, Georgia.〔〔"(Ali of Mali: Guitar king of the Sahara )", Salon.com〕 The album was described by ''New Statesman'' as "a rousing set of eclectic grooves, calling on ragtime, barrelhouse blues and even rock'n'roll".〔Johnson, Phil (1999) "(Out of Africa )", ''new Statesman'', 2 August 1999〕 ''Kulanjan'' was named album of the year by ''Folk Roots'' magazine,〔Sheckter, Alan (2003) "(Further on down the road: American blues treasure Taj Mahal performs solo at the Senator )", newsreview.com〕 and President Barack Obama recommended the album in a survey for the Borders book chain.〔"(Grammy-nominated Mali musician gets Obama boost )", sina.com〕 Taj Mahal followed the album with a tour accompanied by West African musicians, linking his American blues sound to traditional West African rhythms and tracing the origins of blues to West Africa, Mahal also convinced that Mali's Mande griot (musician) clan were his ancestors.〔Cornwell, Jane (1999) "(Taj Mahal meets Central Park )", ''The Independent'', 12 November 1999〕 ==Track listing== # "Queen Bee" # "Tunkaranke" # "Ol' Georgie Buck" # "Kulanjan" # "Fanta" # "Guede Man Na" # "Catfish Blues" # "K'an Ben" # "Take This Hammer" # "Atlanta Kaira" # "Mississippi-Mali Blues" # "Sahara" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kulanjan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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