Bamako is a Miracle
- 2002
- 53m
Verna Gillis , an American producer, convinces her husband Roswell Rudd , one of the greatest jazz trombonists to go to Mali. Once in the Malian capital, Gillis brings together the jazzman a... Read allVerna Gillis , an American producer, convinces her husband Roswell Rudd , one of the greatest jazz trombonists to go to Mali. Once in the Malian capital, Gillis brings together the jazzman and the Malian griot Toumani Diabaté for a month. Roswell has the griot and his cronies pla... Read allVerna Gillis , an American producer, convinces her husband Roswell Rudd , one of the greatest jazz trombonists to go to Mali. Once in the Malian capital, Gillis brings together the jazzman and the Malian griot Toumani Diabaté for a month. Roswell has the griot and his cronies play the Thelonious Monk while Toumani in turn teaches him traditional Mandingo themes . As t... Read all