Book Kaben Kafö!

The name Kaben Kafö (“let’s play together” in the Malinke language, spoken in Guinea, West Africa) was gifted to me by djembe guru Grand Master Drummer Mamady Keita, from Guinea, West Africa.  I was telling him about a new ensemble that I was to putting together, focusing on going deeper into performing traditional repertoire and that it needed a name.  Kaben Kafö is a djembe ensemble comprised of some of Chicago’s most studied and gifted djembe/dunun professionals, getting together to breathe deeply with the intricacies, complexities and depth that is part of the deeper recesses of djembe music.

There is a rotating roster of expert musicians who are part of Kaben Kafö at any given time, they include:

Taylor (djembe/dununs/tambin [flute]), Paul (PC) Cotton (dununs), Eric Thomas (djembe/dununs), Kris Sanders (djembe/dununs), Jason ‘Wolfy’ Wolf (dununs), 
Andrew Ebert (djembe/dununs), Greg Lundberg (dununs/djembe), Victoria Boateng (djembe/dununs), Justin Hundreiser (dununs), Tosha Alston (dununs) and,
when the drum-planets align, sometimes we have some extra special guests, like:
 – Korafola Abdoulaye Conde, Master Drummer Alysco Diabate, Master Drummer Madou Dembele, Grand Master Drummer Moussa “Bolokada” Conde

For more information on booking Kaben Kafö contact Taylor at: (773) 909-8633 and/or taylor@holygoat.com