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Bembeya Jazz National is a Guinean music group formed in 1961 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 Cuban, 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.
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Armée guinéenne
African Pearls - Guinée - Cultural Revolution
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Ah Kani
Discothèque 76
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Temtemba (Live)
Live 10 ans de succès (Gala d'anniversaire en direct du Palais du Peuple, avril 1971)
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Yarabi
Bembeya jazz national
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N'Lanyo
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Balake
Hommage à Demba Camara
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Doni Doni
10 ans de succès
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Sou (Morna)
The Syliphone Years: Hits and Rare Recordings, Vol. 2
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Balake
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Mme Tolberg
Syliphone discothèque 72: Guinée
