''Janna'' is an album by cellist

Ernst Reijseger Ernst Reijseger (born 13 November 1954) 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, Dere ...

with vocalist/poet/performer

Mola Sylla Mola Sylla (born Dakar, Senegal, 1956) 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'' (Senegalese lamellophone), ...

and percussionist Serigne C.M. Gueye recorded in 2002 in France and released on the

Winter & Winter Winter & Winter is a record label in Munich, Germany that specializes in jazz, classical and improvised music. It was founded by Stefan Winter following the demise of his JMT Records label. Since 1997 Winter & Winter has released records by Da ...

label.Ernst Reijseger discography
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Reception

In his review for

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, 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".

Track listing

''All compositions by Mola Sylla except as indicated'' # "Jangelma" – 12:42 # "Baba" – 6:42 # "Sàng Xale Man" (Mola Sylla, Traditional) – 7:19 # "Noon" – 7:13 # "Fier" – 7:00 # "Njaarelu Adiye" – 8:32 # "Doxandéem" – 9:22 # "Sicroula" – 8:29

Personnel

– cello, percussion *

– vocals,

mbira Mbira ( ) are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. They consist of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and p ...

, kongoma,

xalam Xalam (in Serer, or khalam in Wolof) is a traditional stringed musical instrument from West Africa with 1-5 strings. The xalam is commonly played in Mali, Gambia, Senegal, Niger, Northern Nigeria, Northern Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and ...

nose flute The nose flute is a musical instrument often played in Polynesia and the Pacific Rim countries. Other versions are found in Africa. Hawaii In the North Pacific, in the Hawaiian islands the nose flute was a common courting instrument. In Haw ...

, bejjen *Serigne C.M. Gueye – soruba,

djembe A djembe or jembe ( ; from Maninka language, Malinke ''jembe'' , N'Ko script, N'Ko: ) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa. According to the Bambara people in Mali, the name of the djembe ...

bougarabou A bougarabou (alternative spelling “Boucarabou”) is a set of drums commonly used in West Africa. The drums are single headed (cow skin), with an elongated goblet or roughly conical shape, usually placed on a single stand, and most commonly pl ...

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References

{{Authority control Winter & Winter Records albums Ernst Reijseger albums 2003 albums World music albums by Dutch artists