Fabulous Jenbe kids on new drums

Posted by admin on Jan 21, 2012

TRJE blend Ibo Ekwe with Guinean Krin drums

Three Rivers Jenbe Ensem­ble bring new flavors

The Three Rivers Jenbe Ensem­ble Sat­ur­day night reprised its ini­tial per­for­mance at the Friendly Fox Cof­fee­house on Fort Wayne’s South Side with a rous­ing per­for­mance that warmed patrons despite the intem­per­ate weather that blan­keted the region with a few inches of heavy snow. Bring­ing their reg­u­lar tra­di­tional Guinean dunun and jenbe drums inter­pre­ta­tions of the music of the Mande-speaking peo­ple of West Afrika, the ensem­ble for­ti­fied their instru­men­tal range with the addi­tion of the Niger­ian Ekwe and Guinean Krin drums.

The ensem­ble is recrut­ing stu­dents inter­ested in learn­ing about the Afrikan her­itage in Amer­i­can music. For more infor­ma­tion call TRIAAC at 260 969‑9442 or hit the but­ton and fill out the audi­tion appli­ca­tion and email to triaacexad@comcast.net.

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