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Mamadi Diabaté et les Ambassadeurs

Les Ambassadeurs continued to perform and release material long after Salif Keita had left the group. They recorded with different line-ups and released many LPs and cassettes (for a complete discography and family tree of Les Ambassadeurs see the links below). One of the band's more obscure releases is pictured above, yet it finds the group in top form, with the added bonus of some great keyboard solos. It's a "Kaba" disc, with Mamadi Diabaté on vocals and Kanté Manfila on lead guitar. Other musicians include Sory Bamba and Tagus Traoré.

Graeme Counsel © 2003 - 2008

Links to more African classics

 L'arbre éternel - Syliphone LP 28 Guinée ax XII - Syliphone LP 21 Ambassadeurs du Motel
Orchestre Régional de KayesVictoire à la Révolution - Syliphone LP 29 Doura Barry "Laureat de Guinea"
Orchestre Régional de Mopti Djali Madi Tounkara and The Rail Band Keletigui et ses Tambourinis - Syliphone LP 30
Mamadi Diabaté et Les Ambassadeurs Souleymané Traoré dit Neba Solo Rail Band "Soundiata"
Teningnini Demba Ernesto Djedje "Le roi du ziglibithy" A Search for the Roots of the Blues vols 1 & 2
L'Orchestre National "A" de la République du Mali Ami Koita "Pour le collectionneur vol 3"

Discographies

Bembeya Jazz National discography Tempo International's Guinean vinyl Guinean orchestras of the 1st republicSyliphone discography Rail Band discographyAmbassadeurs discographyThe Mali Kunkan catalogueMalian vinyl discography Guinean vinyl discography Burkinabé vinyl discography
Rail Band and Les Ambassadeurs family tree Salif Keita discography
 

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