Leni Stern African Trio at The Falcon

Featuring Leni Stern/Guitar/Ngoni/Vocals, Alioune Faye/Calabash/Djembe/Percussion and Mamadou Ba/Electric Bass

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For over 25 years Stern has found motivation in the ever-changing world around her for her music - a sound that is equally transforming, malleable, fluid, and moving. She came from Europe, put roots down in America, followed the winds to Africa, and her sights are always on the horizon.
Stern’s success as a jazz guitarist (awarded Gibson Guitar’s Female Jazz Guitarist of the Year Award five consecutive years) was no reason to rest on her laurels. She led bands supported by heavyweights, who could support her big sound and strong melodies (Dennis Chambers, Bill Frisell, Michael Brecker, Paul Motian). After 6 highly acclaimed instrumental albums Stern bravely chartered vocal waters on her 1995 album “Words” with the first of many songs to be accompanied by her monster guitar chops. ...

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Featuring Leni Stern/Guitar/Ngoni/Vocals, Alioune Faye/Calabash/Djembe/Percussion and Mamadou Ba/Electric Bass

http://www.lenistern.com/
For over 25 years Stern has found motivation in the ever-changing world around her for her music - a sound that is equally transforming, malleable, fluid, and moving. She came from Europe, put roots down in America, followed the winds to Africa, and her sights are always on the horizon.
Stern’s success as a jazz guitarist (awarded Gibson Guitar’s Female Jazz Guitarist of the Year Award five consecutive years) was no reason to rest on her laurels. She led bands supported by heavyweights, who could support her big sound and strong melodies (Dennis Chambers, Bill Frisell, Michael Brecker, Paul Motian). After 6 highly acclaimed instrumental albums Stern bravely chartered vocal waters on her 1995 album “Words” with the first of many songs to be accompanied by her monster guitar chops.
Stern was recording in Mali during the 2012 coup d’état. Instead of returning to work again in the unstable country, Stern’s American emigrant NYC bandmates Mamadou Ba and Alioune Faye accompanied her to their Senegalese homeland to record her latest album “Jelell” (2013), featuring Faye’s family sabar percussion ensemble. The album is a triumph of a life lived fully.

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