Africa - I Remember - ACE310.3

Jegede with Alieu Suso who is making a kora. Jegede talking about kora-making. Suso at work, Jegede VO. Jegede playing instruments outside Suso’s shop. Music continues over village street scenes. Inside the blacksmith’s workshop. Men working on hand looms. Jegede VO believes his music reflects how the traditional way of life runs alongside and contrasts with a contemporary Western lifestyle. Valley of Festivity with Jegede playing the cello like a large guitar. Looms. Street scenes,
African river scenes and English field. Jegede VO talks of a double heritage. Interior church of St Bartholomew the Great, London, with quartet (including Jegede) of cellos, and double bass, playing his composition Lamentation. Shot of tomb of Raherus. Exterior of the church. Field of rapeseed plants, trees, river. Jegede playing in the Cambridge garden of Elma de Bruyne, cellist and pupil of Pablo Casals. Jegede talks about how de Bruyne can pass on information and anecdotes about Casals and his approach to things. Photo of Casals playing. Jegede playing Prelude by J S Bach for de Bruyne; his VO talks of Bach as improviser, which resonated with the African tradition he was studying. Jegede talking about Bach and Scarlatti, and polyphony. Demonstrates similarities with African music by playing kora.
Jegede at work on composition using keyboard and computer.