Jazz Articles about Baaba Maal

Baaba Maal at Joe's Pub in New York City

by Ziga Koritnik
February 11, 2022

Baaba Maal: Missing You (Mi Yeewnii)

by AAJ Staff
April 3, 2004

Senegalese singer Baaba Maal has a voice that projects such intensity that it almost doesn't matter what musical setting he chooses, but smaller groups and acoustic instruments do him the most justice. The amazing thing about Missing you (Mi Yeewnii), recorded in the Afro-pop musician's literal backyard, is that it really does sound like a performance at home. It opens with Maal singing characteristically brightly amidst faint cries from children playing in the background (and a rooster crowing a minute ...