Kaben Kafo

The name Kaben Kafo (let's play together) was gifted to me by Mamady Keita, when I was telling him about a new ensemble that I was to putting together, focussing on going deeper into traditional repertoire and that it needed a name. 

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Members of the current ensemble include Taylor (djembe/doununs/flute), Kris Sanders (djembe/doununs), Eric Thomas (djembe/dununs) and (not pictured on vieo) - Jason 'Wolfy' Wolf (doununs), Andrew Ebert (djembe/dununs), Greg Lundberg (doununs/djembe) and, when the drum-planets align, sometimes we have some extra special guests - Master Drummer Alysco Diabate, Master Drummer Madou Dembele.

click here for debut YouTube vldeo of Kaben Kafö ("let's play together")

click here for Kaben Kafo performing live in-studio at Channel 7 news (where the pic below was taken)

From left to right Taylor, Wolfy, Andrew and Eric at live TV promo for Great Performers of Illinois 2008