"TAMALLA" IS THE DEBUT ALBUM
OF SINGER AND KORA PLAYER JALI BABOU SAHO, BORN IN BANJUL(GAMBIA) IN 1983. THE KORA IS A STRING INSTRUMENT OF TRADITIONAL WEST AFRICAN MUSIC OF WHICH JALI JAKUBA SAHO (FATHER OF BABOU ) IS A RECOGNIZED MASTER IN THE COMMUNITY. "GRIOT" IS AN ORAL TRADITION OF THE MANDINGO CULTURE THAT THROUGH THE NARRATOR  REFERS TO AN EXTENDED PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE THAT DEEPENS INTO THE CONCEPTS OF PEACE AND KNOWLEDGE TO ACHIEVE A COLLECTIVE HARMONY. MUSIC IS A WAY OF CELEBRATION AND TRANSMISSION, A PROPOSAL OF MAN IN THE CHALLENGE OF LIVING IN COMMUNION WITH EVERYTHING THAT THIS PROVOCATION PROPOSES. JALI BABOU SAHO MOVED TO ITALY WITH THE KORA IN HIS BACKPACK AND THE WILL AND NEED TO TRANSMIT ALL THIS ANCESTRAL CULTURE AWAY FROM HIS HOME. THERE HE STARTED TO RECOGNIZE HIMSELF WITH BANDS SUCH AS "AFRICAN MELOKAN", "AFRICAN PATRIOTS REGGAE BAND" OR "BABUBAGGIA TRIO", UNTIL HE MET GUITARIST FRANCESCO MASCIO, WHO WAS FASCINATED WITH HIS MUSIC AND PROPOSED HIM TO COLLABORATE ON HIS ALBUM "I THALASSA MAS". BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, MASCIO PROPOSED HIM TO RECORD THIS ALBUM, IN WHICH ITALIAN AND AFRICAN MUSICIANS JOINED IN THE STUDIO AND RECORDED IT LIVE WITH TOTAL AND ABSOLUTE CREATIVE FREEDOM. THE RESULT IS A MUSICAL WORK THAT REFLECTS IN A UNQUESTIONABLE, IMAGINATIVE AND FAITHFUL WAY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND HIS MUSIC WITH THE HISTORY BEHIND HIS OWN TRADITION AND CULTURE. ONCE AGAIN THE BLUES IN ITS ORIGINS.