With 'Jamm' (Wolof for "peace") Senegalese troubadour Cheikh Lô releases his first album in five years. Lô is a loyal follower of the teachings of Cheikh Ibrahima Fall (himself a follower of Cheikh Amadou Bamba - founder of the Mouride brotherhood, a Senegalese offshoot of Islam - Fall founded the Baye Fall with as primary values work and dedication to Cheikh Amadou Bamba. The Baye Fall are notable for their long dreadlocks and the colorful patchwork robes they wear), something that also influences him in his music: "The jarasse is the multicolored patchwork robe the Baye Fall wear and just like our boubou this album is made up of different layers and influences, but if you bring them together in the right way, you will still get a harmonious whole." On the album Cheikh Lô broaches themes like the importance of basic needs like food, health and education ('Warico'), but he also brings odes to his musical ('Seyni', an African salsa song, was one of the first songs Lô performed live at the beginning of his career and was recorded for this album as a tribute to his great musical examples Gambian Laba Sosseh and Cuban Abelardo Barroso), political ('Sankara' is a tribute to the assassinated president of Burkina-Faso, Thomas Sankara) and religious ('Dieuf Dieul' - literally "you reap what you have sown", a motto of Cheikh Amadou Bamba - is a Baye Fall song and a tribute to Allah) examples. Musically Cheikh Lô is assisted on 'Jamm' by Tony Allen and James Brown saxophonist 'Pee Wee' Ellis.