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Cheikh Tidiane Fall is a Senegalese jazz musician born in 1946 in Dakar. He is a songwriter, drummer, and percussionist known for his contributions to Afro-jazz. Fall has collaborated with several renowned musicians from the Free jazz and Bebop scenes of the 1970s, including Pharoah Sanders, Dexter Gordon, Steve Lacy, Abbey Lincoln, Sunny Murray, Teddy Edwards, Archie Shepp, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, and Herbie Hancock. After graduating, Fall moved to France to study filmmaking but eventually pursued his passion for jazz music. His career began in Belgium, where he played percussion with Gerard Montrose and Paul Van Gysegem. He returned to Paris in 1977 and formed the Assum Trio with Nana Vasconcellos and Ayib Dieng. In addition to performing, Fall deepened his musical research and organized numerous training courses throughout France and Yugoslavia. He developed a teaching method that integrates percussion with the body and voice, emphasizing the importance of the whole person in learning rhythm. By the end of 1979, Fall formed a new trio with American pianist and saxophonist Bobby Few and Guinean saxophonist Jo Maka, recording the album "Diom Futa," which blends jazz with Senegalese rhythms. This album gained him recognition from notable jazz musicians and led to numerous requests for collaborations, international tours, and recordings. Fall participated in the 1984 documentary “I’m Jazz, It’s my

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