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Daouda
(Côte d'Ivoire)
Biography
Daouda has been very successful in the 1980s in the whole of francophone Africa. His music is
a mix of mandingo melodies and makossa and soukous rhythms, with back-up of Cameroonian musicians on some albums and
poignant and humourous lyrics in French.
Daouda Koné worked as a young TV technician in Abidjan. He was also an amateur singer and guitarist, and once someone heard him singing. Soon, he was offered a TV spot as well as a contract to make a first record. A first single, « Les Gbakas D'Abidjan » was already a success in 1976. He decided to turn to music professionally, but he released a few albums before really breaking through with « Le Sentimental '83 », a re-recording of his first album, « Mon Coeur Balance », this time with Souzy Kasseya on guitar, Alhadji Toure on bass, Jimmy and Fredo (one of the hottest horn sections in Africa) and arranger Jimmy Hyacinthe. This was a tremendous success in all Francophone countries. It had been released again in the UK in 1985 on Stern's. In 1984, he recorded « La Femme de Mon Patron » with mainly Cameroonian musicians hence a strong makossa feel. Unfortunately, at the end of the 1980s his popularity started to decline. In 1995, Daouda migrated to the United States, where he didn't succeed in pursuing his music career. In 2007, however, he recorded a new album in Abidjan with producer Jean-Aristide Dico.
Daouda Koné worked as a young TV technician in Abidjan. He was also an amateur singer and guitarist, and once someone heard him singing. Soon, he was offered a TV spot as well as a contract to make a first record. A first single, « Les Gbakas D'Abidjan » was already a success in 1976. He decided to turn to music professionally, but he released a few albums before really breaking through with « Le Sentimental '83 », a re-recording of his first album, « Mon Coeur Balance », this time with Souzy Kasseya on guitar, Alhadji Toure on bass, Jimmy and Fredo (one of the hottest horn sections in Africa) and arranger Jimmy Hyacinthe. This was a tremendous success in all Francophone countries. It had been released again in the UK in 1985 on Stern's. In 1984, he recorded « La Femme de Mon Patron » with mainly Cameroonian musicians hence a strong makossa feel. Unfortunately, at the end of the 1980s his popularity started to decline. In 1995, Daouda migrated to the United States, where he didn't succeed in pursuing his music career. In 2007, however, he recorded a new album in Abidjan with producer Jean-Aristide Dico.
Daouda
Musicians on «Yougou-Yougou Dokaflé» (1979):
Bentho: saxophone;
Cherif Mohamed Smith: Orgue, piano;
Rovi: drums;
Agbahissa: bass;
Daouda: acoustic guitar;
Vewouyi Yao D.: solo guitar;
Philippe: flute.
Recorded in Lomé, Togo
Musicians on «La femme de mon patron» (1984):
Freddy, Man Ouari, Hamid Belhouine: brass;
Marcel de Souza: percussion;
Valéry Lobé: drums;
Touré Aladji: bass;
Toto Guillaume, Jimmy Hyacinthe, Jules Kamga, J. Malekani: guitar.
Recorded in studio Félicité
Born: in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire of Burkinabe parents, as Daouda Tou Koné
Style: afro-zouk, makossa
Discography
Style: afro-zouk, makossa
Discography
| Title | Year | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| La misère et la mer | 2008 | Jadcom | |
| The Very Best of Daouda | 2003 | Music Africana MUSAFR006CD | CD Compilation |
| Special Best of Sentimental | 1998 | Afro Rythmes 2263-2 | CD Compilation |
| Ce que femme veut | 1986 | Bade Stars Music BSM 994 / AM032 | |
| Gnama-Gnama Sentimental | 1986 | Editions Mademba MD 1776 (Gabon) | |
| Le Sentimental | 1985 | Stern's ST1008 | Re-issue of Le Sentimental '83 |
| La femme de mon patron | 1984 | DEG Music DM 017 / TKD 002 | |
| Amina Fanta - Mon Coeur Balance | 1983 | Maikano MAILPS 1039 | Also: Le Sentimental '83, re-recorded first album |
| Salsa de Niangologo | 1982 | DEG Music DM 006 / SA300005 | |
| Le Margouillat | 1981 | Maikano MAILPS 1027 | |
| Je reviendrai à Lomé | 1981 | Maikano MAILPS 1021 | |
| Yougou-Yougou Dokaflé / Viva la Musica | 1979 | Maikano MAILPS 1012 | |
| Daouda le Sentimental, vol. 1 & 2 | 1978 | Maikano MAILPS 1001 & 1002 |
Page added December 2004