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Bembeya Jazz National

Bembeya Jazz National has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 21 episodes and was first played on 22 February 2015.

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…

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Alalake
Bembeya Jazz National
Editions Syliphone Conakry1970
Alalake
Bembeya Jazz NationalEditions Syliphone Conakry1970
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Armée Guinéenne
Bembeya-Jazz National
Editions Syliphone Conakry1974
Armée Guinéenne
Bembeya-Jazz NationalEditions Syliphone Conakry1974
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Regard Sur Le Plusse
Bembeya Jazz
Palmtree Music0
Regard Sur Le Plusse
Bembeya JazzPalmtree Music0
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Petit Sékou
Bembeya Jazz National
Stern's Africa2004
Petit Sékou
Bembeya Jazz NationalStern's Africa2004
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Beni Ibara
Bembeya - Jazz National
Editions Syliphone Conakry1971
Beni Ibara
Bembeya - Jazz NationalEditions Syliphone Conakry1971
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Waraba
Bembeya Jazz National
Editions Syliphone Conakry1970
Waraba
Bembeya Jazz NationalEditions Syliphone Conakry1970
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Petit Sekou
Bembeya Jazz National
Cantos2006
Petit Sekou
Bembeya Jazz NationalCantos2006
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Ballake
Bembeya Jazz National
Editions Syliphone Conakry1974
Ballake
Bembeya Jazz NationalEditions Syliphone Conakry1974
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Whisky Soda
Bembeya Jazz National
Éditions Bolibana0
Whisky Soda
Bembeya Jazz NationalÉditions Bolibana0
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Wouloukoro
Bembeya Jazz National
Editions Syliphone Conakry1971
Wouloukoro
Bembeya Jazz NationalEditions Syliphone Conakry1971
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