The woman sit in a circle and take turns dancing in the center, following the rapid pace given by a dozen sabar players. |
When Vline went off on tour with Claude François, I called Pierre and we went off to Saint-Rémy-de-Provence with my pianist Jean-Pierre Sabar and holed up in three rooms I'd rented. |
The sabar is mostly used in special celebrations like weddings. |
The album retains distinctive Senegalese touches, however, Lô making full use of the traditional tama and sabar drums. |
Like the Wolof, the Serer are noted for playing the sabar, a traditional drum usually played in ensemble for virtually every occasion. |
N'Dour further Africanized and updated the mbalax sound not only by adding a set of Senegalese sabar drums to the ensemble but also by distributing their rhythms between the keyboards and electric guitars. |