Music of Mali Concert in Southampton

The Southampton Arts Center on Job’s Lane and the Jam Session will present “The Music of Mali,” featuring Yacouba Sissoko and LUMA, on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Mr. Sissoko is one of the world’s foremost players of the kora, a 21-string lute-bridge-harp used extensively in West Africa. He has performed as a soloist and with his band, SIYA, toured with a variety of well-known artists and recorded with Harry Belafonte, Paul Simon, and Abdoulaye Diabate.

LUMA, featuring Dan Lauter on saxophone, Jeff Marshall on bass, Claes Brondal on drums, and the singing of Natu Camara, has brought its music rooted in the funk and groove tradition to high-profile events on the South Fork and beyond.

Tickets are $10, $5 for children and students. For those unable to make the concert, it will be recorded live for broadcast on “The Jam Session Radio Hour” on WPPB 88.3 FM.