In his latest recording “One Night on Earth: Music from the Strings of Mali”, Derek Gripper has arranged and performed on classical guitar the compositions of legendary Malian musicians Toumani Diabaté, Ali Farka Touré and Ballaké Sissoke. The extraordinary feat of this recording can only be imagined when one considers that this music was originally composed for and played on the kora, a 21 string African harp-lute, one of Africa’s most beautiful of instruments.
— Last.fm
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Discography
Meeting in Lucerne(2024) · album
Lost Time: Bach Cello Suite No. 1(2023) · album
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude (Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper)
2:50'56 Live in Cape Town (Duo Version Live in Concert)(2023) · single
Sleep Songs For My Daughter(2022) · album
Sleep Song, Part 11 (from Tubaka)
4:49Sleep Song, Part 4 (from The Porcupine)(2022) · single
Sleep Song, Part 11 (from Tubaka)(2022) · single
Sleep Song, Part 9 (from Kaira)(2022) · single
One Night On Earth (Live in Concert)(2022) · album
Kaounding Cissoko (Live Solo Guitar)(2022) · single
Toumani's Jarabi 1987 (Solo Guitar)(2022) · single
Fanta's Tita 1971 (Solo Guitar)(2022) · single
Yamore Lullaby(2021) · single
Yamore Lullaby
4:46Billy Goes To Durban(2021) · album
Cederberg (Field Recording)
4:07Blue Light For Julian Bream (Mono 1/4 Inch Version)(2021) · single
Derek Gripper Plays Arvo Pärt(2021) · single
Live In Cape Town(2021) · album
Saturday Morning in Boston(2020) · album
Fanta and Felix (Cello and Guitar)(2020) · single
Koortjie (Cello and Guitar)(2020) · single
Ana (Cello and Guitar)(2020) · single
Fanta & Felix(2020) · single
Folon(2020) · single
Ana(2020) · single
A Year of Swimming(2020) · album
Bach Sonatas and Partitas: 2017 Session(2018) · album
Mali in Oak(2017) · album
Jarabi
5:14Maimouna
2:38Si Naani
3:30Where Rivers Meet
4:10Cassette Locale After Masanobu Fukuoka(2014) · album
One Night on Earth: Music from the Strings of Mali(2012) · album
Jarabi (Passion)
6:38The Sound of Water(2011) · album