Bembeya Jazz National

{ Bembeya Jazz National (originally known as Orchestre de Beyla) is a Guinean music group that gained fame in the 1960s for their Afropop rhythms. They are considered one of the most significant bands in Guinean music. Many of their recordings are based on traditional folk music from the country and have been fused with jazz and Afropop styles. Featuring guitarist Sekou "Diamond Fingers" Diabaté, 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 toured Europe and North America in the early 2000s. {

PATPR - 2022-09-29 00:00:00

Musiques Métisses 40th. Anniversary / Festival d’Angoulême - 2015-05-25 00:00:00

African Rhythms Anthology - 2012-07-15 00:00:00

Les années 80, Vol. 2 - 2012-01-01 00:00:00

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