AÏYB DIENG
Genres: African Fusion, World Fusion • Senegal

Senegalese drummer and percussionist. October 11, 1947 – July 13, 2025 from discogs Aiyb Dieng was born in Senegal, West Africa, where in the early 1960's he was a founding member of Xalam, the seminal and influential band that inspired numerous groups throughout West Africa. In 1968 Dieng made his way to Paris, where he established himself quickly as an infinitely adaptable and powerful rhythmic root for a vast variety of adventurous music. In Paris, he worked with Don Cherry, Colin Wolcott, Kenny Clark, Rashied Ali and others playing everything from blues and funk to free jazz dates. Dieng was a crucial element in Brian Eno and Jon Hassell's ground breaking "Possible Music" album, which was an early percussion-oriented/ethnic/dreamy-sounding precursor to what is now known as "new age." Dieng's individual feel, sense of time, way of carrying the rhythm, placement and choice of beats, trademark patterns that turn into bigger cycles, and read more...