Oslo Mela's video: BUGGE WESSELTOFT MED ADAMA BARRY TRIO KOUAME SEREBA MAJA S K RATKJE OG ROLF-ERIK NYSTR M

Bugge Wesseltoft’s return to Melahuset with Adama Barry Trio provides a unique meeting of three eminent musicians and vocalists from various East and West African traditions. Maja S. K. Ratkje, Kouame Sereba and Rolf-Erik Nystrøm’s contributions complete an evening where African traditions, contemporary music, jazz and avantgarde electronic music will be deconstructed and reassembled into something new. Adama Barry Trio is in itself a meeting of three traditions – Fulani (Barry’s flutes, 1 and 3 string guitars); Mandenke (Solo Diarra’s djembe and ngoni) and the Ethiopian (Endale Getaned’s bass guitar). Maja S. K. Ratkje is a central figure on the contemporary scene most widely known as a singer, noise musician and composer. Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Kouame Sereba has been part of the Norwegian music scene ever since moving here in 1984. Prior to his arrival he had stored up on musical inspiration from his native Ivory Coast, from Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Egypt, and the Central African Republic. Kouame uses voice, percussion, dodo, djembe and kalimba. Rolf-Erik Nystrøm is a leading saxophonist on the impro/contemporary scene. He has developed several new playing techniques for his instrument and has the ability to adapt to new genres and modes of expression, always adding a twist of his own. Pianist, composer and producer, Bugge Wesseltoft is a pioneer of both jazz and electronic jazz, with years and years of experience on the international stage.