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Artist profile · EPK Beyla, Guinea — founded in 1961 Country: Guinea

Bembeya Jazz National

Independent Guinean Manifest Orchestra — Guinea National Orchestra — Modern Mandingue Music

Bembeya Jazz National — picture by the artist
Sékou « Diamond Fingers » Diabaté, legendary guitarist of Bembeya Jazz, receiving a trophy on behalf of the band (2019) — Wikimedia Commons
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Origine
Beyla, Guinea — founded in 1961
Discipline
Guinea National Orchestra — Modern Mandingue Music

Biographie

Founded in Beyla in 1961 under the leadership of Governor Famory Keïta, the Bembeya Jazz merges mandingue folklore with highlife brass and Cuban guitars. Bembeya Jazz became a national orchestra in 1966 and is the musical emblem of Guinea of Sékou Touré: "Looking Back" (1968), dedicated to Samory Touré and the Battle of Woyowyanko, remains a manifest album of the continent. The band continues to perform and was hailed to North America.

Distinctions and benchmarks

First of the two national festivals (Binnades) of 1962 and 1964 · Couronné Orchestre national en 1966 · Album-manifeste « Regard sur le passé » (1968) · Legendary guitarist : Sékou « Diamond Fingers » Diabaté

See also

Performing formats

  • Concert — complete orchestra
  • Heritage programming — West African music

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