| Janna | ||||
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| Released | June 3, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | November 17 & 18, 2002 Espace du Culturel Bois-Fleuri, Lormont, France | |||
| Genre | Improvised music, world music | |||
| Length | 77:39 | |||
| Label | Winter & Winter 910 094 | |||
| Producer | Stefan Winter | |||
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Janna is an album by cellist Ernst Reijseger with vocalist/poet/performer Mola Sylla and percussionist Serigne C.M. Gueye recorded in 2002 in France and released on the Winter & Winter label. [1] [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
In his review for Allmusic, Thom Jurek said "Textures, dynamic, and tones are the musical concerns as they convey these gorgeous songs, poems, and stories without compromise or regard for ceremony. This is deeply, wonderfully, emotionally rendered exploratory music that cannot be classified, thank goodness". [3]
All compositions by Mola Sylla except as indicated
Ernst Reijseger is a Dutch cellist and composer. He specializes in avant-garde jazz, free jazz, improvised music, and contemporary classical music and often gives solo concerts. He has worked with Louis Sclavis, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg, Gerry Hemingway, Yo-Yo Ma, Albert Mangelsdorff, Franco D'Andrea, Joëlle Léandre, Georg Gräwe, Trilok Gurtu, and Mola Sylla, and has done several world music projects working with musicians from Sardinia, Turkey, Iran, Senegal, and Argentina, as well as the Netherlands-based group Boi Akih.
Mola Sylla is a Senegalese musician. He moved to Europe in 1987 and lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is a singer and plays such traditional African instruments as the mbira, kongoma, xalam, and kalimba.
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