Bembeya Jazz

Bembeya Jazz

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. [ [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=26512 Allaboutjazz.com] , Retrieved on June 18 2008]

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. However, it reformed in the late 1990s and has toured Europe and North America in the early 2000s. At one time there was believed to be around 11 members in the band.

Hits include "Mamy Wata".

Discograpahy

*"Bembaya Jazz"
*"Bembaya"
*"Defi and Continuite"
*"Jardin de Guinee"
*"Bembeye Jazz Live - 10 Ans de Success"
*"Memoire de Aboubacar Camara"
*" Sabu" (LP)
*"Telegramme"
*"Wa Kele"
*"Yekele" (LP)
*"Hommage a Demba Camara"

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