Member Since: 10/21/2006
Band Website: oranetkin.com
Band Members: Kelenia, Nama, Nina and Lacy:Upcoming CD with Balla and Meckane Kouyate, Lionel Loueke, John Benitez, Joe Sanders, Abdoulaye Diabate, Sara Caswell and Jessie Marino.
All My Clarinet:With Jason Marsalis (drums), Garth Stevenson (bass), Fabian Almazan (piano). We just started recording a CD with this band plus Curtis Fowlkes on Trombone.
Mali Sajo:Duo with Abdoulaye Diabate (voice/guitar)- live recording.
Also performs with Abdoulaye Diabate, Simon Lott, Marcus Rojas, Tarus Mateen, Wycliffe Gordon, Lionel Loueke, Ron Caswell, Rob Curto, Raph McGregor, Djakout Mizik, Wyclef Jean, Jon Levy and many others.
Influences: George Garzone, Yusef Lateef, Blind Willie McTell, Whiskey Lemon, Betty Carter, Ali Farka Toure, Mohamed Sidi Joh Camara, Steve Lacy, Toumani Diabate, Louis Armstrong, Abdoulaye Diabate, Sidney Bechet, Alban Berg, Bela Bartok, Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, JS Bach, Brahms, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Dave Krakauer, Naftule Brandwein, Dave Tarras, Dave Liebman, Charles Neidich, Coleman Hawkins, Tuba Fats, Mississippi Sheiks, Joe Lovano, Lester Young, Johnny Dodds, Archie Shepp, Oumou Sangare, Djelimady Tounkara, Balla Kouyate, Sonny Rollins, Son House, Stanley Brothers, Thelonious Monk, Victoria Spivey, Art Tatum.
Type of Label: None