The West African latchkey to jazz, blues, bluegrass from goni Watch Video
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Description: Professor Pascal Bokar Thiam was raised in Mali and Senegal. He says while he doesn’t expect all of his students to become jazz musicians, he wants them to at least appreciate the art form’s unique history.nnHere, he explains how the West African n'goni instrument, through the slave trade system from 1500's - 1880's,informed blues, bluegrass and jazz.
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