Djeli Moussa Diawara – Ayo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/djeli-moussa-diawara-ayo/
“Ayo” is a single released by Djeli Moussa Diawara in 1991, from his album “Cimadan” (1992), that is also available on the “Tales Of The Kora” compilation (2003).
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Dielly Moussa Kouyaté – Na Kankou
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dielly-moussa-kouyate-salif-keita-na-kankou/
Reknown Manding guitarist Dielly Moussa Kouyaté, born in Guinea in 1958 in a large family of griots, has been playing alongside famous artists and bands such as Bembeya Jazz, Salif Keita, Rail Band, Africando, Mamani Keita, etc. This song is from his album “Le Temps” in 2008, with multiple guests.
“I came to music naturally, […]
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Kora Jazz Trio – Folly
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kora-jazz-trio-folly-mezzo/
Kora Jazz Trio was a three piece African musical group, founded in 2002 by Djeli Moussa Diawara, Guinean Korafola, with Abdoulaye Diabate (piano) and Moussa Sissokho (percussion), best known for producing a music that is a mix of American jazz with traditional African music. They released 3 studio albums Part I (2003) Part II (2005) […]
Kélétigui & ses Tambourinis – Temedi (live)
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That’s “Chuck Berry” on vocals, Talibé Traoré on lead trumpet, Momo Wandel on alto sax, Kélétigui Traoré on tenor and Linké Condé on guitar (left of stage).
Keletigui et ses Tambourinis was a dance music orchestra founded in Conakry by the government of the newly independent state of Guinea. They were one of the most […]
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J. Cole vs “Paulette”
https://amf.didiermary.fr/balla-balladins-paulette-jcole/
Listen to the “original” Paulette!
When you heard J. Cole’s song (“Can’t Get Enough”) in 2013, you might have wondered where the music was sampled from… Well, this is a great Guinean love song from Balla et ses Balladins…
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Amara Touré – Temedy / Lamento Cubano
https://amf.didiermary.fr/amara-toure-lamento-cubano-temedy/
The enigmatic Amara Touré from Guinée Conakry finally getting a well deserved compilation showcasing all of the 10 songs ever released between 1973 and 1980. Cuban influenced music of a different kind featuring amazing spaced-out guitar works!
Touré’s 30 year-long career began in the late 1950s in Dakar as part of the Senegalese collective [...]
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Mory Kante – La Guinéenne
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Sorti en 2012, “La Guinéenne” est le 11ème et dernier album de Mory Kante, avec pour thèmes récurrents l’optimisme et l’inspiration.Le titre de l’album fait écho à la chanson du même nom, où il témoigne de son amour pour l’Afrique et la Guinée.
Il prodigue à travers les titres de l’album un trésor de conseils […]
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Amazones de Guinée – Live at La Paillote
https://amf.didiermary.fr/live-paillote-amazones-guinee/
The band Les Amazones de Guinée played at an event at La Paillote, to celebrate the completion of The British Library Endangered Archives Programme in 2013.
“The Endangered Archives Programme captures forgotten and still not written histories, often suppressed or marginalised. […]
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Sidiba – Super Boiro Band
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sidiba-super-boiro-band/
After Independence (1958), the first state Orchestra was created as Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine and was instructed to drop “European march tunes in favor of music benefiting the new nation”. Later the orchestra split into 2 bands: 1st (1er) and 2nd. “Orchestre 1er” changed its name to Super Boiro Band.
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Ousmane Kouyaté
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ousmane-kouyate/
A 2-track Limited Dance Edition available on vinyl (and digital) with two funk-infused Mandingue gems from the early 1980s by Ousmane Kouyaté.
Here’s also a track from his album “Révélation” in 1982.
Ousmane Kouyaté was an innovator of the Mandingue sound, whose career – as a member of Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux, and as guitarist for […]
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Trio Da Kali – Yirimadjo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/trio-da-kali-yirimadjo/
Trio Da Kali is a griot music group from Mali constituted of three members in 2012: Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté (vocals), Lassana Diabaté (balafon) and Mamadou Kouyaté (n’goni). Hawa is the daughter of Kassé Mady Diabaté. The latter is the son of the n’goni master Bassekou Kouyate.
They released their latest album “Bagola” in 2025 […]
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Bembeya Jazz National
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bembeya-jazz-national/
Tout au long de sa longue carrière, jusqu’aux années 90, le Bembeya Jazz a compté dans ses rangs de nombreux grands musiciens : son fondateur et chanteur Aboubacar Demba Camara, le grand guitariste Sékou “Bembeya” Diabaté (aka “Diamond fingers”), et le chanteur Sékouba Bambino qui y débuta à 19 ans.
Le Bembeya Jazz National (créé […]
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Bembeya Jazz National live 70s
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bembeya-jazz-national-live-tv/
2 performances en direct à la TV en 1979 (en noir & blanc, donc) du Bembeya Jazz National, orchestre guinéen inoubliable.
Au lendemain de la décolonisation de la Guinée, le nouveau président Sékou Touré s’affirme comme le promoteur d’une réhabilitation de l’authenticité africaine face au déni colonial des cultures colonisées.
Dans une perspective d’unité nationale et […]
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Guinean Jazz Big Band…
https://amf.didiermary.fr/guinean-jazz-big-band/
Bembeya Jazz National (originally known as Orchestre de Beyla) 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 […]
Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra
https://amf.didiermary.fr/symmetric-orchestra-toumani-diabate/
Toumani Diabaté‘s Symmetric Orchestra released “Boulevard de l’Indépendance” in 2006.
Nick Gold and the World Circuit team started recording a three-part series called “The Hotel Mandé Sessions,” at Bamako, Mali’s Hotel Mandé. In July 2006, after “In the Heart of the Moon” and “Savane,” the debut [...]
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Mory Kante – Soumba
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mory-kante-soumba/
“Soumba” is from Mory Kante‘s album “Touma” (moment) in 1990 with Carlos Santana on Lead Guitar.
The whole album is a combination of Manding music and Pop/Rock arrangements.
The Zulu voice and guitar of Ray Phiri also appears on the 6th track “Touma Wimoweh,” a revisited version of the classic “The lion sleeps tonight.”
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