Bembeya Jazz National

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Petit Sekou 06:11 Tools
Doni Doni 04:24 Tools
Lan Naya 00:00 Tools
Montuno De La Sierra 00:00 Tools
Armee Guineenne 00:00 Tools
Bembeya 00:00 Tools
Sou 00:00 Tools
Moussogbe 07:11 Tools
Sabor De Guajira 00:00 Tools
Camara Mousso 00:00 Tools
Ballake 00:00 Tools
Dagna 00:00 Tools
Waraba 00:00 Tools
Whisky Soda 00:00 Tools
Fatoumata 00:00 Tools
Wouloukoro 00:00 Tools
Dembaty Galant 00:00 Tools
Telephone 00:00 Tools
Kana Sarakabö 00:00 Tools
Lefa 00:00 Tools
Festival National 00:00 Tools
Super Tentemba 00:00 Tools
Alalake 00:00 Tools
N'temenna 00:00 Tools
Mami Wata 00:00 Tools
Beni Barale 00:00 Tools
Dya dya 00:00 Tools
Mussofing 00:00 Tools
Petit Sékou 00:00 Tools
Beyla 00:00 Tools
N'Garokomo 00:00 Tools
Djanfamagni 00:00 Tools
Boiro 00:00 Tools
Mami Wati 00:00 Tools
Minuit 00:00 Tools
Tentemba 00:00 Tools
Temtemba 00:00 Tools
Lanaya 00:00 Tools
Introduction 00:00 Tools
Touraman 00:00 Tools
Ah Kani 00:00 Tools
N' Gnamakoro 00:00 Tools
Ile Nyarabi 00:00 Tools
N'borin 00:00 Tools
La Guinée 00:00 Tools
Alla Lake 00:00 Tools
Petit Seckou 00:00 Tools
Balake 00:00 Tools
Yarabi 00:00 Tools
Demba 00:00 Tools
Yekeke 00:00 Tools
Dia 00:00 Tools
Kana Sarakabo 00:00 Tools
Sabou 00:00 Tools
Sabu 00:00 Tools
Koule De Gbe 00:00 Tools
Republique Guinee 00:00 Tools
Ndianamo 00:00 Tools
Koumba Tenin 00:00 Tools
N'Watoi M'Barale 00:00 Tools
Télégramme 00:00 Tools
Air Guinee 00:00 Tools
Senero 00:00 Tools
Whiskey Soda 00:00 Tools
Payapaya 00:00 Tools
Guinee Hety Horemoun 00:00 Tools
La Guinee 00:00 Tools
Gbapie 00:00 Tools
Montagne 00:00 Tools
N'Kanuwe 00:00 Tools
Toure 00:00 Tools
N'Lanyo 00:00 Tools
N'Gamokoro 00:00 Tools
Gnagna 00:00 Tools
Sanfaran 00:00 Tools
Oers 00:00 Tools
Yelema Yelemaso 00:00 Tools
Mme Tolberg 00:00 Tools
Guantanamera-seyni 00:00 Tools
Exhumation Folklorique 00:00 Tools
O.E.R.S. 00:00 Tools
Telegramme 00:00 Tools
Petit Sekou (from 'The Syliphone Years') 00:00 Tools
Alalaké 00:00 Tools
Sou (Morna) 00:00 Tools
Téléphone 00:00 Tools
A Koukou We 00:00 Tools
Soli Au Wassoulou 00:00 Tools
N'Wato m'Barale 00:00 Tools
Tentemba Demba 00:00 Tools
Akukuwe 00:00 Tools
N'zema 00:00 Tools
Guantanamera 00:00 Tools
Kosina ma 00:00 Tools
Petit Seckou (Guinea) 00:00 Tools
N'Na Soba 00:00 Tools
Chemin Du P.D.G. 00:00 Tools
Touré 00:00 Tools
Conakry 00:00 Tools
Diaraby 00:00 Tools
Djigui 00:00 Tools
Soumbouyaya 00:00 Tools
Fruitaguinee 00:00 Tools
Belebele 00:00 Tools
Salimou 00:00 Tools
J.R.D.A. 00:00 Tools
Guananamera 00:00 Tools
Moussof Ing 00:00 Tools
Lanyo 00:00 Tools
Kaira 00:00 Tools
Sakhodou 00:00 Tools
Sina Mosso 00:00 Tools
N'na 00:00 Tools
Bembeyako 00:00 Tools
Regard sur le passé (live à Abidjan 1972) 00:00 Tools
Kana Sarakabô 00:00 Tools
Paypaya 00:00 Tools
Mme Tolbert 00:00 Tools
Armée Guinéenne (single syl504) 00:00 Tools
Almamy Mamaren 00:00 Tools
Guantanamera Seyni 00:00 Tools
Armée Guinéenne (Guinea) 00:00 Tools
Imiri 00:00 Tools
Regard Sur Le Passé, Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
Premiere partie 00:00 Tools
N'Gnamakoro (Tentemba) 00:00 Tools
Touraman (Rumba Lente) 00:00 Tools
Sukabe 00:00 Tools
Ballakè 00:00 Tools
Deuxieme partie 00:00 Tools
Regard Sur Le Passé - Live a Abidjan 1972 00:00 Tools
Akukuwé 00:00 Tools
Payapaya (Rumba Guinea) 00:00 Tools
Demba (Mamaya) 00:00 Tools
Rokhaya 00:00 Tools
Camera Mousso 00:00 Tools
Moussokoro 00:00 Tools
Senero (Rumba) 00:00 Tools
Rokhoya 00:00 Tools
Alalake (single syl563) 00:00 Tools
Trafiquant 00:00 Tools
Moussogbé 00:00 Tools
Beni ibara 00:00 Tools
Dia (Tentemba) 00:00 Tools
Bokhaya 00:00 Tools
Djamana Bara Sabati 00:00 Tools
Concert Agression 00:00 Tools
Regard Sur Le Passé, Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
Armee Guinéenne 00:00 Tools
N'lanyö 00:00 Tools
Beni Baralé 00:00 Tools
Regard sur le Passé (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
Republique Guinée (single syl503) 00:00 Tools
Mousogbe 00:00 Tools
Regard sur le passe Part.1 00:00 Tools
Arme Guinenne 00:00 Tools
Dono doni (single syl528) 00:00 Tools
Cheganca 00:00 Tools
Armée Guinéenne 00:00 Tools
Sabor de gualjira (single syl503) 00:00 Tools
Dagna (single syl521) 00:00 Tools
Alalakè 00:00 Tools
Camara mousso (single syl530) 00:00 Tools
Wouloukoro (Guinea) 00:00 Tools
Regard sur le Passé (Part 2) 00:00 Tools
N'wato n'baralé 00:00 Tools
/ Sou 00:00 Tools
Loi-Cadre 00:00 Tools
N'kanuwé 00:00 Tools
Waraba (single syl518) 00:00 Tools
Regard Sur Le Passe part 2 00:00 Tools
/ N'gamokoro 00:00 Tools
Dougna 00:00 Tools
Dia nara 00:00 Tools
N'Dianamo 00:00 Tools
Den Ye Kassila 00:00 Tools
Super tentemba (single syl554) 00:00 Tools
Montuno de la sierra (single syl510) 00:00 Tools
Mami wati (single syl556) 00:00 Tools
ye ke ye ke 00:00 Tools
Le premier grand concert guinéen - Part I 00:00 Tools
/ Telephone 00:00 Tools
Petit Sekou (from "The Syliphone Years") 00:00 Tools
N gnamakoro 00:00 Tools
Bembeya (Bembeya Jazz) 00:00 Tools
Sabou (Bembeya Jazz) 00:00 Tools
I Bolo Ke N'na 00:00 Tools
Bandian 00:00 Tools
Bembaya Jazz National 00:00 Tools
N' Kanunuwe 00:00 Tools
Armée Guinéenne (single syl504 00:00 Tools
N'gnamakoro - Full Length 00:00 Tools
Sanfaran (Bembeya Jazz) 00:00 Tools
Lefa (Bembeya Jazz) 00:00 Tools
Traccia Audio 01 00:00 Tools
Whiskey Soda (Guinea) 00:00 Tools
République Guinée 00:00 Tools
Gbapie (Bembeya Jazz) 00:00 Tools
Le premier grand concert guinéen 00:00 Tools
wà kélé 00:00 Tools
A Koukou We (Bembeya Jazz) 00:00 Tools
Yelema Yelemaso (Bembeya Jazz) 00:00 Tools
Traccia Audio 04 00:00 Tools
Regard sur le Passé I 00:00 Tools
Telegramme (Sekou Diabate Bembeya) 00:00 Tools
Armée Guiéenne 00:00 Tools
Kouledegbe 00:00 Tools
Regard sur le Passé II 00:00 Tools
Doni Doni [Guinée] 00:00 Tools
République de Guinée 00:00 Tools
Le premier grand concert guinéen - Part II 00:00 Tools
Lan Nata 00:00 Tools
Africa Lait 00:00 Tools
Armee Guineene 00:00 Tools
Regard sur le passe Part.2 00:00 Tools
Net a Sec 00:00 Tools
Traccia Audio 03 00:00 Tools
Diadia Dounia 00:00 Tools
Traccia Audio 02 00:00 Tools
Senéro 00:00 Tools
Mousokoro 00:00 Tools
Petit Sekou (from 'The Sylipho 00:00 Tools
République de Guinée 00:00 Tools
N'Wato M'Barale fix 00:00 Tools
Armйe Guinйenne 00:00 Tools
Soli Au Wassoulou (Bembeya Jazz) 00:00 Tools
Loicadre 00:00 Tools
Armee Guinenne 00:00 Tools
Cedeao 00:00 Tools
Sino Mousso 00:00 Tools
Sénéro 00:00 Tools
Moussogbe (Mamaya) 00:00 Tools
Armée Guinéenne 00:00 Tools
Regard Sur le Passe, Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
Yankadi 00:00 Tools
06 Sou (Morna) 00:00 Tools
Le premier grand concert guinéen (Part I) 00:00 Tools
Paya Paya (Rumba Guinea) 00:00 Tools
Alla Laké 00:00 Tools
Armee Guineenne (Guinea) 00:00 Tools
01 Touraman (Rumba Lente) 00:00 Tools
Sénero 00:00 Tools
Wouloukoro - Live 00:00 Tools
Ballaké 00:00 Tools
Alla La Ke 00:00 Tools
Mme Tolberg - Bembeya Jazz National 00:00 Tools
Wa Kele' 00:00 Tools
Ballake [Syliphone] // Guinea 00:00 Tools
Petit Sekou [Syliphone] // Guinea 00:00 Tools
Woulo 00:00 Tools
La Guinée 00:00 Tools
Air-Guinée 00:00 Tools
05 Paya Paya (Rumba Guinea) 00:00 Tools
04 Demba (Mamaya) 00:00 Tools
02 Moussogbe (Mamaya) 00:00 Tools
Bara 00:00 Tools
03 Dia (Tentemba) 00:00 Tools
Petit Sekou(alt version) 00:00 Tools
07 Senero (Rumba) 00:00 Tools
Ilé N'Yarabi 00:00 Tools
Sabor de gualjira (single syl5 00:00 Tools
Regard Sur Le Passe 1 00:00 Tools
Bembeya Jazz National- Beni Barale 00:00 Tools
Koumna Tenin 00:00 Tools
Doni doni - Live 00:00 Tools
Ian naya 00:00 Tools
Wouloukoro (Live) 00:00 Tools
Republique Guinée (single syl5 00:00 Tools
05 Minuit 00:00 Tools
Montuno de la sierra (single s 00:00 Tools
M'Borin 00:00 Tools
Guinée Hety Horémoun 00:00 Tools
Arm 00:00 Tools
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Bembaya Jazz National is a Guinean jazz group that gained fame in the 1960s for their infectious Afropop rhythms. They are considered one of the most significant bands in Guinean music. Many of their recordings are based on traditional folk music in the country and have been fused with jazz and Afropop style. Featuring guitarist Sekou 'Diamond Fingers' Diabate, who grew up in a traditional griot musical family, the band won over fans in Conakry, Guinea's capital city, during the heady days of that country's newfound independence. Bembeya Jazz fell onto harder times in the 1980s and disbanded for a number of years, but reformed in the late 1990s and has toured Europe and North America in the early 2000s. In the aftermath of the Guinean Independence in 1958 and the encouragement of cultural pride, numerous bands sprang up throughout the African country. The first dance bands were state-supported orchestras, and included popular groups like Lanaya Jazz, Keletigui et ses Tambourins and Super Boiro. The most popular was Bembeya Jazz National, formed by vocalist Aboubacar Dembar Camara in 1961. Specializing in modern arrangements of Manding classic tunes, Bembeya Jazz National won the first two national Biennale festivals in 1962 and 1964 and was crowned National Orchestra in 1966. Initially a seven-piece group, featuring a Latin-flavored horn section of saxophone, trumpet, and clarinet, Bembeya Jazz National reached its apex with the addition of electric guitarist Sekou "Diamond Fingers" Diabate and lead singer Sekouba Mabino Diabate (no relation). Although prohibited from touring outside Guinea until the mid-'80s, Bembeya Jazz National continued to build a cult-like following in its home country. Bembeya Jazz National's most ambitious album, Regard Sur Le Passe, released in 1968, was a musical tribute to the memory of Samory Toure, who founded the Mande kingdom in 1870. A live album, 10 Ans De Succes, was recorded during a 1971 concert. A set-back for the band came in 1973 when Camara was killed in an auto accident on his way to a concert in Dakar. Although they remained together for another eight years, Bembeya Jazz National was unable to duplicate the success of their earliest years. The group disbanded in 1991 with Sekou Diabate and Sekouba Bambino Diabate going on to successful solo careers. However, it reformed in the late 1990s and has toured Europe and North America in the early 2000s. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.