Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique: Alune

Frank Bessem's
Musiques d'Afrique:

Alune (Alioune Wade)
(Senegal)

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Alune, whose full name is Alioune Wade, grew up in a musical environment. His father was a director of a symphonic orchestra of the Army. His interest in music came as early as when he turned 6 years old, and at 13 he decided to play bass. His mother was very much against a musical career but with the help of his father he took lessons even if he had to walk for kilometers to see his teacher.

When he was 16, his father let him replace an absent bass player in his orchestra and for two years he learned thus to play in a group. At 18 years old, he was recruted to play with Ismael Lô, which enabled him to tour around the world. His work enabled him to get known and meet influential artists, such as Joe Zawinul. After having worked with Ismael Lô for about six years, he has engaged a solo career and recorded a first solo album « Mbolo », released in France in 2006. On the album he also sings, and invited a variety of musicians to join him. The music is a tasteful mix of mbalax, salsa, blues, jazz and reggae, recorded in the home studio of Paul Thieri Oliveira (Ismael Lo's keyboard player) in Dakar and finalized in France. A year later, in May 2007, he presented this album in Senegal.

Sources used:
Alune on tinkiso.com
Alune on Myspace

Born: 9 June 1978, as Alioune Wade, in Dakar
Style: mbalax, afro-jazz, blues

Discography:

Title	Year	Label	Remarks
Mbolo	2006	Tinkiso/ Rue Stendhal