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Mandeng Groove
Sat, 27 Sept
|Bar Oussou
Naarm 7-piece ensemble inspired by the Manding kora tradition of West Africa
Time & Location
27 Sept 2025, 9:00 pm – 28 Sept 2025, 12:00 am
Bar Oussou, 653 Sydney Rd, Brunswick VIC 3056, Australia
About the event
Co-created by Guinean-Australian multi-instrumentalist Amadou Kalissa and Melbourne guitarist Kyle Muir, six-piece ensemble Mandeng Groove take inspiration from the Manding music tradition of West Africa.
With a line-up of some of Melbourne’s most exciting improvisers—Flora Carbo, Alex Roper, Harry Birch and Lachlan Leeds—the ensemble fuses pulsating West African grooves with Western jazz melodies in its high energy performances.
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