No. 1 de Dakar
No. 1 de Dakar | |
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| Also known as | No. 1, Star Number One, Star Number One de Dakar, Orchestra Number One de Dakar, Number One du Senegal |
| Origin | Dakar |
| Genres | Afro-Cuban, Salsa music, Mbalax |
| Years active | 1976-1986 |
| Labels | Dakar Sound, Popular African Music |
| Associated acts | Star Band, Étoile de Dakar |
| Past members | Papa Seck, Doudou Sow, Mar Seck, Pape Djiby Ba, Maguette Ndiaye, Malick Hann, Ali Penda N'Dioye, Paja Diop, Paja Seck, Alioune Diallo, Amadou Madani Tall, Mamane Fall, Yahya Fall, Babacar Fall, Moustapha Ndiaye, Alioune Hane, Thierno Kouate |
No. 1 de Dakar or Star Number One de Dakar is a music group from Senegal that was the resident band of Dakar's Jandeer Nightclub.[1]. They were an offshoot of the Star Band. Over the course of 10 years together, No. 1 de Dakar released at least nine LPs[2] and in the late 1970s were considered to be rivals to Orchestra Baobab for the hottest band in Dakar.[3] They, along with the Star Band and its other offshoots, are responsible for many of the crucial developments in Senegalese popular music.[4] Senegalese musical scholar, Richard M. Shain, cites No. 1 de Dakar as being great innovators in Senegalese popular music for their integration of Wolof traditions into a Cuban musical framework.[5] Their song "Yaye Boy" has been reinterpreted many times by both Senegalese and non-Senegalese bands.[6]
History
No. 1 de Dakar was formed following a fight on January 7, 1976, between members of the Star Band and Ibra Kasse, the band leader and owner of the Miami Club where the Star Band performed[7]. Several members of the Star Band ran afoul of Ibra Kasse after the band agreed to appear, without consulting Kasse, at a memorial concert for Laye Mboup, a singer for Orchestra Baobab who was killed in a car crash the previous year.[8] Several members of the Star Band including noted guitarist Yahya Fall left to form a new band, creating a musical cooperative where all members were paid equally.[9] At first they called themselves Star Band Un to assert that they were the original Star Band but after Ibra Kasse got government officials to intervene the band chose the name Number One.[10] They used variants of this name over the course of their ten year career.
Quickly, they became one of Dakar's leading bands. It is believed that they were the first Senegalese band to record in Paris and that they were the first Senegalese group with their own record label. Their success was so great that all of the singers drove their own Mercedes.[11]
Band Members
Consisting of up to 15 members, the band had 5 singers: the salsa singers Papa Seck and Maguette Ndiaye, Doudou Sow who sang the Mbalax songs, Pape Djiby Ba who sang ballads, and Mar Seck whose style was broad, singing traditional Wolof material along with Afro-Latin material.[12] The group included Ali Penda N'Dioye, one of Senegal's best trumpet players, and the talented tama (percussion) player, Mamane Fall.[13] Another notable member is the guitarist Yahya Fall whose guitar work stood out for both his use of effects and his style which could approach acid rock and psychedelia.[14][15] In 1978, the Star Band singer Mar Seck joined the band but later left to join Étoile de Dakar, returning to No. 1 de Dakar after Étoile de Dakar splintered.[16] After Pape Seck and Maguette Ndiaye served short stints as the first two band leaders, Yahya Fall took over the role for the final nine years of the band’s existence.[17]
Discography
- No. 1, Vol. 2
- No. 1, Vol. 3
- No. 1, Vol. 4
- Star Number One, Maam Bamba, Disques Griot grlp 7601 also Disques M.A.G. 108
- Star Number One, Jangaake, Disques Griot grlp 7602 also Disques M.A.G, 106
- Orchestra Number One de Dakar, 78 Vol. 1, Discafrique, darl 16 (1978) also no label NO-001
- Orchestra Number One de Dakar, 78 Vol. 2, Discafrique, darl 17 (1978) also no label NO-002
- Number One du Senegal, Yoro-Kery Goro, no label 1156 A (1980)
- Number One du Senegal, Yoro-Kery Goro - Objectif 2000, Eddy'son Consortium Mondial 1156 (1980)
- Number One du Senegal, Jiko-Nafissatu Njaay, no label 1156 B (1980)
- Number One du Senegal, Jiko-Nafissatu Njaay/Worpe Sanawle, Eddy'son Consortium Mondial 1157 (unknown year)
European Compilations
- 1996: No. 1 de No. 1, Dakar Sound, DKS 010
- 2000: No. 2 de No. 1, Dakar Sound, DKS 019
- 2004: no. III de number 1, Popular African Music, pam adc 307
- 2009: Star Number One de Dakar – La Belle Epoque, Syllart Productions, 000589
Contributing artist
- 1994: "Vampampero" and "Guantanamera" on Latin Thing, Dakar Sound, DKS 003
- 1994: "Mambay Fary" on Their Thing, Dakar Sound, DKS 004
- 1993: "Noguini, Noguini" on 100% Pure/Double Concentré, Dakar Sound, DKS 006 & 007
- 2008: "Suma Dom Ji" plus 4 more on African Pearls Senegal 70: Musical Effervescence, Discograph 6142032
- 2009: "Kouye Wout" on African Pearls Senegal: Echo Musical, Discograph 6147482
- 2013: "Sama Dialy" and "Li Loumouye Nourou" on Mar Seck, Vagabonde, Teranga Beat, TBCD 018
References
- ↑ Jaspers, Ted, liner notes of 100% Pure Double Concentré, Dakar Sound, DKS 006 & 007 (1995), p. 4
- ↑ Gretz, Gunter, liner notes of no. III de number 1, Popular African Music, adc 307 (2004), p. 8
- ↑ Annas, Max & Busch, Annett, liner notes of no. III de number 1, Popular African Music, adc 307 (2004), p. 4
- ↑ Hudson, Mark, Sarr, Doudou, Hayward, Paul, and Duran, Lucy, Senegal & The Gambia: a tale of two countries, The Rough Guide to World Music: Africa & Middle East, Third Edition, Rough Guides Ltd., New York, 2006, p. 329, ISBN 9781843535515 Search this book on
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- ↑ Shain, Richard M. (October 23, 2018). Roots in Reverse: Senegalese Afro-Cuban Music and Tropical Cosmopolitanism. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press. p. 156. ISBN 9780819577092. Search this book on
- ↑ Shain, Richard M. (October 23, 2018). Roots in Reverse: Senegalese Afro-Cuban Music and Tropical Cosmopolitanism. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press. p. 196. ISBN 9780819577092. Search this book on
- ↑ Jaspers, Ted, liner notes of No. 2 de No. 1, Dakar Sound, DKS 019 (2000), p.3
- ↑ Hudson, Mark, essay in liner notes of "Once Upon a Time in Senegal", Etoile de Dakar, Sterns Music 2010, p. 8
- ↑ Johnston, Alastair, http://www.muzikifan.com/africaframe.html in Senegal Part 2 review of No. 2 de No. 1
- ↑ Gretz, Gunter, liner notes of no. III de number 1, Popular African Music, adc 307 (2004), p. 6
- ↑ Jaspers, Ted, liner notes of 100% Pure Double Concentré, Dakar Sound, DKS 006 & 007 (1995), p. 4
- ↑ Jaspers, Ted, liner notes of No. 2 de No. 1, Dakar Sound, DKS 019 (2000), p.3
- ↑ Jaspers, Ted, liner notes of No. 1 de No. 1, Dakar Sound, DKS 010 (1996), p.2
- ↑ Johnston, Alastair, http://www.muzikifan.com/africaframe.html in Senegal Part 2 review of no. III de number 1
- ↑ Gretz, Gunter, liner notes of no. III de number 1, Popular African Music, adc 307 (2004), p. 6
- ↑ Seck, Mar, interview in liner notes of Vagabonde, Mar Seck, Teranga Beat TBCD 018, 2013, p. 15
- ↑ Gretz, Gunter, liner notes of no. III de number 1, Popular African Music, adc 307 (2004), p. 6
- ↑ Gretz, Gunter, liner notes of no. III de number 1, Popular African Music, adc 307 (2004), p. 8
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/artist/1377650-Star-Number-One
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