Rafiki Jazz

Bio

Rafiki Jazz is a musician from the UK.

The group comprises musicians and singers from Africa, India, the Middle East, South America and Europe, bound together on a mission to share their sweeping divine border less music.

Rafiki Jazz in 2020 celebrated the beginning of a new decade with the release of their fourth album 'Saraba Sufiyana (Mystic Utopia)'. The album blurs the lines of the sacred and secular to produce a magical and rich visionary songbook. The songs are described as a film panoramic beauty, featuring music of the spirit, full of life, dance, emotion and joy.

Onstage:
Sarah Yaseen: Urdu & Punjabi vocals, ektara, percussion
Mina Mikhail Salama: Coptic & Arabic vocals, oud, ney, saz
Kadialy Kouyate: Mandinka & Wolof vocals, kora, sabar
Cath Carr: guitar, steelpans
Tony Koni: bass guitar, sabar
Johnny Ball: tabla, derbuka
Guery Tibirica: berimbau, pandeiro, gumbe
Vijay Venkat: Carnatic violin, bansuri

Albums:
2019 ‘Saraba Sufiyana’ (KoniCD011) is their fourth live-recorded studio album which has a big & emotional vocal presence in its utopian vision of a musical 4th World, and features guest singers including Nancy Kerr & Kaitlin Ross from the new English & Gaelic folk scene.

2017 ‘Har Dam Sahara’ (Riverboat TUGCD1106) is a compelling third live-recorded studio album of rich grooves reworking devotional music & texts from South Asian & West African Sufi traditions and Coptic & Hebrew liturgy

2014 ‘At Kriol Junction’ (KoniCDE010) is a second live-recorded studio album of driving cross-continental soundtracks powered by multi-language texts from the International Declaration of Human Rights & features guest singers & rappers from Iran, Kurdistan, Bangladesh & Zimbabwe.

2009 ‘More Big Muzik from Over There (KoniCD009) their powerful live-recorded debut studio album mixes up global roots music & features original #Rafikians Mim Suleiman, Juldeh Camara, Kadialy Kouyate & Kuda Matimba

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Omkoth Ma'ai
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Nduggu Bouy
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Hukus Bukus
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Gesi Baglari ~ Rafiki Jazz feat. Sarah Yaseen ~ promo ~ from album NDUGGU: Dust #KoniCD012
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Nduggu Bouy Dance Track - Featuring Wiyaala (Lioness of Africa)
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Rafiki Jazz ~ Talking about NDUGGU: Dust​ ~ with album audio engineer Robin Down

Music

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Bani
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Gesi Baglari
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Hukus Bukus
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Naalaikku Nalla Naal
05:18
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Nduggu Bouy
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Ngozi Ucheoma
05:03
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Omkoth Ma'ai
04:50
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Tum Na Aaye
04:47
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MY HEART MY HOME (Shallow Brown | Light Of Guidance | The Settlers Wife | Shedemati )
09:12
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CHAD GADYA
07:45
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ESHET CHAYIL
04:01
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CAJUEIRO
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KASHMIRI LULLABY | THE WAULK | HUKUS BUKUS
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SU JAMFATA
05:11
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AZADI
06:09
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CHITTA KUKAR
02:48
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Sunno
03:36
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Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba (Serigne Touba)
06:20
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Har Chand Sahara
07:50
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Saya
07:30
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Tasbih
08:01
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You Are Light
08:13
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Jhooli Laal Qalandar
07:05
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Tokotoko Berimbau
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No Lines No Separation
07:19
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Articles of Freedom
04:47
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Insaaniyat
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Declaration Kriol
06:59
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Baba Superman
06:06
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Karo
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Videos

Gesi Baglari ~ Rafiki Jazz feat. Sarah Yaseen ~ promo ~ from album NDUGGU: Dust #KoniCD012
Nduggu Bouy Dance Track - Featuring Wiyaala (Lioness of Africa)
Rafiki Jazz ~ Naalaikku Nalla Naal (India) ~ feat Vijay Venkat ~ from album NDUGGU: Dust #KoniCD012
Rafiki Jazz ~ Ngozi Ucheoma (Nigeria/Ghana) ~ feat. Catherine Ngozi Carr & K.O.G. ~ on #NDUGGU: Dust
Rafiki Jazz ~ Talking about NDUGGU: Dust​ ~ with album audio engineer Robin Down
Rafiki Jazz ~ Talking about NDUGGU: Dust ~ track 4 NGOZI UCHEOMA with Catherine Ngozi Carr
Rafiki Jazz ~ Talking about NDUGGU: Dust ~ Track 6 Bani ~ with Kadialy Kouyate
Ngozi Ucheoma ~ feat. Catherine Ngozi Carr & KOG (Nigeria/Ghana) #RafikiJazz #NdugguAlbum Tr4 #Promo
Rafiki Jazz ~ Talking about NDUGGU: Dust ~ track 1 NAALAIKKU NALLA NAAL with Vijay Venkat
Naalaikku Nalla Naal ~ featuring Vijay Venkat (India) #RafikiJazz​ #NdugguAlbum​ ~Track1 #Promo1
Naalaikku Nalla Naal ~ featuring Vijay Venkat (India) #RafikiJazz​ #NdugguAlbum​ ~Track1 #Promo2
Bani ~ featuring Kadialy Kouyate (Senegal) ~ #RafikiJazz #NdugguAlbum ~Track6 #Promo
Omkoth Ma'ai ~ featuring Mina Salama (Egypt) #RafikiJazz #NdugguAlbum ~Track5 #Promo
Spin like Chai Challenge ~ #RafikiJazz #TumNaAaye #Single #Promo
Rafiki Jazz ~ Tum Na Aaye (Pakistan) ~ lyrics Faiz Ahmad Faiz ~ #AlbumSingle #KoniDS001
Tum Na Aaye ~ (Pakistan) #RafikiJazz #AlbumSingle #Promo1
Rafiki Jazz ~ Talking about NDUGGU: Dust ~ track 5 OMKOTH MA'AI with Mina Mikhail Salama
Tum Na Aaye ~ (Pakistan) #RafikiJazz #AlbumSingle #Promo2 #PreRelease
RAFIKI JAZZ LIVE 2017
Rafiki Jazz Trance-IT Album Trailer
RAFIKI JAZZ sing Qawaali - Dam Mast Qalandar
Rafiki Jazz sing INSAANIYAT
GBSheffield, United Kingdom
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2020

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