Djeli Moussa Diawara

Djeli Moussa Diawara (born February 1962) is a kora player, composer and singer from Guinea.

Biography Djeli Moussa Diawara (also spelled as Jali Musa Jawara) was born to a Griot family in Kankan, Guinea. His father was a balafon player, and his mother a singer. The album received good reviews.

Since then, he founded Kora Jazz Trio, joined by Abdoulaye Diabaté (sénégal) (piano) and Moussa Cissoko (drums). Djeli Moussa composed most of the tracks, particularly those on which he sings, and he played the kora and sometimes the guitar on the three albums released so far (Part I, II, & III).

Diawara left the Kora Jazz Tio in 2010. 2006 – Sini 2010 – Yasimika (Abidjan 1982), remastered version of Djeli Moussa's first album 2011 – Yékéké (Paris 2010)

With Kora Jazz Trio 2003 – Part I 2005 – Part II 2008 – Part III

Miscellaneous 1985 – Johnny Copeland – Djeli Moussa composed and played Djeli, Djeli Blues as Johnny's Special Guest, on "Bringin' It All Back Home" 2009 – Mayra Andrade "Stória, stória..." 2006 – OST for Eliane de Latour movie "Après l'océan" – song Kanta 2005 – OST by Manu Dibango for Michel Ocelot French animated feature film "Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages"