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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

 

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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
Ami Koita "Pour le collectionneur vol 3" Kanaga de Mopti

 

→ Discographies

by record label -   • Syliphone     • Club Voltaïque du Disque     • Tempo International     • Mali Kunkan     • Société Ivoirienne du Disque     • Safie Deen      • Volta Discobel     • N'Dardisc     • L.G.V.D.     • Music Hall 

by group -             • Bembeya Jazz     • Les Ambassadeurs     • Rail Band     • Salif Keita     • Keletigui et ses Tambourinis

 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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