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Foday Musa Suso

From: Upper River, Gambia
Active: 1950–2025
Releases: 12

jazz fusion

About

Foday Musa Suso (18 February 1950 – 25 May 2025) was a Gambian musician and composer.

From Foday Musa Suso on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

Mandingo Griot Society 1978, lead vocals, harmonica, kora, mbira, shakers, balafon, bass drum, donso ngɔni, eponymous
The Ripple Effect
Mandingo
Possession balafon
Material
The Rockit Band kora, mbira
The Ginger Baker Band
Autonomous Zone
Tokyo Rotation K2
Flying Mijinko Band

Discography

Albums 8

Live 1

Jazz Africa 1987

Compilations 1

From the Philip Glass Recording Archive, Volume VI: The Music of Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso 2011

Other 2

Links

Listen

Official

fmsuso.com

Concerts

Songkick

Buy

open.qobuz.com

Reference

Founder

Mandingo Griot Society now

Also known as

Jali Foday Musa Suso · Musa Suso

Tags

mande
mande music

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: a0e3eb65-ba3f-48fa-b653-3a73310b1e28
ISNI: 0000000079830779
IPI: 00043782965

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 12 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.