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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 © Copyright


More African classics

Kanté Manfila & Salif Keita "Dans l'authenticité vol 1" Les Ambassadeurs du Motel
Kanté Manfila & Salif Keita "Dans l'authenticité vol 2" Doura Barry "Laureat de Guinea"
L'arbre éternel - Syliphone LP 28 Djali Madi Tounkara and The Rail Band
Guinée an XII - Syliphone LP 21 Keletigui et ses Tambourinis - Syliphone LP 30
Orchestre Régional de Kayes Mamadi Diabaté et Les Ambassadeurs
Victoire à la Révolution - Syliphone LP 29 Souleymané Traoré dit Neba Solo
Orchestre Régional de Mopti Rail Band "Soundiata"
Teningnini Damba A Search for the Roots of the Blues vols 1 & 2
Ernesto Djedje "Le roi du ziglibithy" L'Orchestre National "A" de la République du Mali


Discographies

by record label -    Syliphone     Club Voltaïque du Disque     Tempo International     Mali Kunkan     Société Ivoirienne du Disque     Safie Deen

by group -            
Bembeya Jazz     Les Ambassadeurs     Rail Band     Salif Keita

by nation -            • Guinea Bissau     Mali      Guinea      Mauritania     The Gambia      Burkina Faso     • Senegal - coming soon

other -                   • Guinean orchestras of the 1st republic      Malian orchestras 1960-1980      Rail Band & Les Ambassadeurs family tree

 

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