Miki N'Doye
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Momodou "Miki" N'Doye (born March 12, 1944 in Bathurst (now Banjul ), Gambia) is a Gambian percussionist who lives in Norway.
Live and act
N'Doye played music for tourists in his home country in the mid-1970s. In 1976 he came to Norway for the first time, where Erik and Jon Balke , Helge Linaae, Sveinung Hovensjø and Finn Sletten worked with him in the band E'olen until the early 1980s. Then he formed the Gambian Norwegian Friendship Orchestra . With some of the musicians and Per Jørgensen he also founded the group Tamma , which appeared at Moldejazz in 1984 together with Ed Blackwell and Don Cherry and presented an album of the same name from this concert. Later, the trio was Sabba with Helge Linaae and the kora player Demba Jobathe.
In 2002 he presented his debut album under his own name with Joko ; Tuki followed in 2006 .
Discographic notes
- Miki N'Doye Orchestra Joko ( ACT 2002, with Jens Petter Antonsen, Torbjørn Sunde , Erik Balke, Jon Balke, Bugge Wesseltoft , Sveinung Hovensjø, Paolo Vinaccia , Solo Cissokho , Alhagi N'Jing, Reza Aghamir, Heine Totland, Fredrik Otterstad, Rolf Asser)
- Tuki ( ECM Records 2006, with Per Jørgensen, Jon Balke, Helge Andreas Norbakken , Aulay Sosseh, Lie Jallow)
Web links
- Miki N'Doye at laut.de
- Miki N'Doye at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | N'Doye, Miki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | N'Doye, Momodou |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Gambian percussionist and world music artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bathurs , Gambia |