Bembeya Jazz National discography

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Discography of Bembeya Jazz National

Compiled by Graeme Counsel

45 rpm discs

[1969] République Guinée / Sabor de guajira. Syliphone. SYL 503.

[1969] Armée Guinéenne / Net a sec. Syliphone. SYL 504.

[1969] Minuit / Guantanamera-seyni. Syliphone. SYL 509.

[1969] N’wato m’barale / Montuno de la sierra. Syliphone. SYL 510

1970 alternate cover → Waraba / N'borin. Syliphone. SYL 518.

1970 Bembeyako / Dagna. Syliphone. SYL 521.

1971 Festival National / Doni doni. Syliphone. SYL 528.

1971 Camara mousso / Wouloukoro. Syliphone. SYL 530.

1971 Lefa / Bembeya. Syliphone. SYL 531.

[1973] Kouledegbe / N'diamono. Syliphone. SYL 553.

[1973] Super tentemba / Super tentemba. Syliphone. SYL 554.

[1973] Bembeya / Ilé n'yarabi. Syliphone. SYL 555.

[1973] Mami wata / Whiskey soda. Syliphone. SYL 556.

[1973] Sénero / Alalaké. Syliphone. SYL 563.

33.3 rpm discs

1962 Sons nouveaux d’une nation nouvelle. La République de Guinée. 2 Octobre 1962. 4^èmeanniversaire de l'independence national. Orchestre de Beyla. Tempo International. 7015.
     Face A: Présentation / Yarabi / Lele / Din ye kassila
     Face B: Wonkaha douba / Seneiro / Wassoulou / Maniamba.

[1968] Bembeya Jazz National. Sous la direction de Diaoune Hamidou. Syliphone. SLP 4.
     Face A: Djanfamagni / Almamy Mamaren / Dembaty galant / Guinée hety horémoun / Minuit
     Face B: Bembeyako / Air Guinée / Djamana bara sabati / Trafiquant / Loi-cadre.

[1968] Rythmes Africains. Conakry: Quinzaine Artistique 1965. Syliphone. SLP 5.
Various artists. Includes "O.A.U." and "Koukou befo" by Orchestra de Beyla.

[1969] Guinée an X. Orchestres nationaux. Syliphone. SLP 8.
     Various artists. Includes "République de Guinée", "Armee Guineenne" and "Beyla" by Bembeya Jazz National.

[1969] [1972] → Bembeya-Jazz National. Regard sur le passé. Médaille argent, Orchestre Moderne. Premier Festival Culturel Panafricain à Alger. Syliphone. SLP 10.
      Face A: Regard sur le passé - Premier partie
     Face B: Regard sur le passé - Deuxième partie

1970 [1971] → Guinée an XI. Le rendez-vous annuel des grands. Syliphone. SLP 15.
     Various artists. Includes "Alalake", "Boiro" and "Fatoumata" by Bembeya Jazz National.

1971 Guinée an XII. Pleins feux sur les artistes du peuple. Syliphone. SLP 21.
     Various artists. Includes "Beni baraba" and "La Guinée" by Bembeya Jazz National.

1971 Discotheque 70. Syliphone. SLP 23.
     Various artists. Includes "Exhumation folklorique" by Demba Camara et son Groupe and “Waraba” by Bembeya Jazz National.

1971 Dix ans de succès. Gala d'anniversaire en direct du Palais du Peuple (Avril 1971). Syliphone. SLP 24.
     Face A: Introduction / Tentemba / Wouloukoro / Lefa
     Face B: Camara mousso / O.E.R.S. / Doni doni / Bembeya / Festival national.

1971 [1972] → Concerts des Orchestres Nationaux. Syliphone. SLP 27.
     Face A: Bembeya Jazz National - Chemin du P.D.G.
     Face B: Horoya Band de Kankan - Tunyalee

[1972] Inoubliable gala télévisé du Bembeya-Jazz National. Pris sur le vif "Regard sur le passé" avec les étudiants Ivoiriens (Janvier 1972). Syliphone. SLP 34.
     Face A: Regard sur le passé - Premier partie
     Face B: Regard sur le passé - Deuxième partie.

[1972] Discotheque 71. Syliphone. SLP 35.
     Various artists. Includes "N’borin" by Bembeya Jazz National.

1973 Authenticité 73. Parade Africaine. Syliphone. SLP 39.
     Face A: Touraman / Moussogbe / Dia / Demba
     Face B: Payapaya / Sou / Sénèro / N’gamokorô

[1973] Discotheque 72. Syliphone. SLP 40.
     Various artists. Includes "Mme Tolberg" by Bembeya Jazz National.

[1974] Special recueil-souvenir du Bembeya Jazz National. (Mémoire de Aboubacar Demba Camara). Syliphone. SLP 44.
     Face A: Moussogbe / Beni barale / La Guinee / Dagna / Fatoumata
     Face B: Armee Guineenne / Ballake / Alla lake / Waraba / N’borin / N’wato m’barale.

[1974] Discotheque 73. Syliphone. SLP 45.
     Various artists. Includes "Super tentemba" and "Mami wata" by Bembeya Jazz National.

[1976] Le défi. Syliphone. SLP 59.
     Face A: N’kanuwe / N’lanyö / Touré
     Face B: Mussofing / Dya dya / Sina mosso.

[1977] La continuité. Syliphone. SLP 61.
     Face A Akukuwe / N’temenna / N’zema
     Face B: Tentemba demba / Kosina ma / Rokhoya.

[1977] Bembeya Jazz National présente “Regard sur le passé”. Le premier grand concert musical Guinéen. Syliphone. SLP 64.
     Face A: Regard sur le passé - Premier partie
     Face B: Regard sur le passé - Deuxième partie. (Re-issue of SLP 10).

[1977] Special recueil-souvenir du Bembeya Jazz National. (Mémoire de Aboubacar Demba Camara). Syliphone. SLP 65.
     Re-issue of SLP 44, but with the tracks "Armee Guineenne" and "N’wato m’barale" replaced by "Boiro" and "Doni doni".

[1977] Discotheque 76. Syliphone. SLP 66. [1977]
     Various artists. Includes "Telephone", "Petit Sékou", "Ah kani" and "Kana sarakabö" by Bembeya Jazz National.

1978 Music populaire. XI^èmefestival de la jeunesse et des étudiants 1978 a Cuba. "Cooperation Guineo-Cubaine". Areito. LD 3739.
     Various artists. Includes "Telephone", "Petit Sekou", "Ah kani" and "Kana sarakabö" from SLP 66.

1980 Africa roots. Volume 3. Milkweg. 08-023474-20.
     Various artists. Includes live versions of "Yekeke" and "N kanuwe" by Bembeya Jazz National.

1985 Bembeya Jazz National. Disques Esperance. ESP 8418.
     Face A: Telegramme / Lan naya
     Face B: Africa lait / Djigui / Gbapie.

[1985] Ousmane Kouyaté avec l’Orchestre Bembiya Jazz. Kefimba. Mélodie. Editions du Cabri. 8010. 33.3 rpm disc.
        Face A: Kefimba / Kameleya / Bintou
        Face B: Tougna / Je m'en fous / Bimi haminako

1986 Bembeya Jazz National. Disques Esperance. ESP 8430.
     Face A: Moussokoro / Yelema yelemaso
     Face B: Sukabe / Bara / Koumba tenin.

1986 Bembeya Jazz National. Disques Esperance. ESP 8431.
     Face A: Yekeke / Gnagna
     Face B: Yarabi / Cedeao / Yankadi.

1987 Sabu. Disques Esperance. ESP 8442.
     Face A: Sabu / Femara / Kedo
     Face B: Won bere / Dabia Baba Sissoko.

1988 Wà kélè. Disques Esperance. ESP 8460.
     Face A: Wà kélè / Dia nara / Dougna
     Face B: Mami wata / I bolo ke n’na / Den ye kassila.

Video

L'Afrique en fête. JMJ video KV 1950. Distribution Éditions Bolibana. VHS/SECAM.
Features two b/w clips of members from Bembeya Jazz National performing O.U.A. gagnera and Sara at the Pan-African Festival in Algiers in 1969.

Compact Discs

1988 Sabu. Sonodisc. SD 8442. Re-issue of ESP 8442.

1989 Wà kélè. Sonodisc. SD 8460. Re-issue of ESP 8460.

1990 Regard sur le passé. Mélodie. 42064-2. Re-issue of SLP 64 (and SLP10) including "Akukwe", "N’temenna" and "N’zema" from SLP 61.

1992 Telegramme. Sonodisc SD 8491. Re-issue of ESP 8418.

1993 Live. 10 ans de succès. Gala d’anniversaire en direct du Palais du Peuple. Avril 1971. Mélodie. 38207-2. Re-issue of SLP 24.

1997 Parade Africaine. Authenticité 73. Bolibana. SLP CD 39. Re-issue of SLP 39 including "Mami wata" and "Whiskey soda" from SYL 566, and "Telephone" and "Kana sarakabö" from SLP 66.

1997 Etape nouvelle: Concert agression au Stade Modibo Keita à Bamako . Bolibana International Productions. BIP 151.
                Etape Nouvelle.

1998 Guinée 40^èmeanniversaire. Syliphone. Volume 1. Syllart. SYLAF 9650. Various artists. Includes "Armée Guinéenne" by Bembeya Jazz National.

1998 Guinée 40^èmeanniversaire. Syliphone. Volume 2. Mélodie. 38202-2. Various artists. Includes "Dembaly galant" and "Petit Sekou" by Bembeya Jazz National.

1999 Regard sur le passé. Mélodie. 38206-2. Re-issue of SLP 10 (and SLP 64) with "Chemin du P.D.G." from SLP 27.

1999 Discotheque 70. Africando/Syllart 38208-2. Re-issue of SLP 23.

1999 Discotheque 71. Africando/Syllart 38209-2. Re-issue of SLP 35.

1999 Discotheque 72. Africando/Syllart 38213-2. Re-issue of SLP 40.

1999 Discotheque 73. Africando/Syllart 38210-2. Re-issue of SLP 45.

1999 Discotheque 76. Africando/Syllart 38214-2. Re-issue of SLP 66, including "Sina mousso" from SLP 59.

2000 Le défi / La continuité. Mélodie 38217-2. Re-issue of SLP 59, excluding "Sina mousso", and SLP 61.

2000 Authenticité 73. Parade Africaine. Africando/Syllart 38221-2. Re-issue of SLP 39.

2000 Hommage à Demba Camara. Africando/Syllart 38222-2. Re-issue of SLP 44, with "Mami wata" and "Whisky soda". from SYL 566, and "Camara Mousso" from SLP 24.

2001 fRoots no. 16. FROOTCD 016. Various artists. Includes "Alla laké" by Bembeya Jazz National.

2002 Bembeya. Marabi. 46802-2.
                Bembeya / Sanfaran / Sabou / Gbapie / Lefa / A koukou we / Yelema yelemaso / Soli au wassoulou

2004 The Syliphone Years. Stern’s. STCD 3021-22. 2 x Compact discs.
                CD 1 - Republique Guinee / Sabor de guajira / Armee Guineenne / Dembaty galant / Air Guinee / Guinee hety horemoun / Montuno de la sierra / Waraba / Dagna / Doni doni / Camara mousso / Super tentemba / Mami wata / Alalake
                CD 2 - Beyla / Fatoumata / Moussogbe / Sou / N'gamokorô / Ballake / Mussofing / Dya dya / Sina mousso / N'temena / Telephone / Petit Sekou

2006 African Pearls. Volume 2. Guinée. Cultural Revolution. Discograph. 6129872. 2 x Compact discs. Various artists. Includes "Petit Sékou" and "Armee Guineenne" by Bembeya Jazz National. With uncredited annotations "borrowed" from mine on Stern's STCD 3021-22.

2006 African nights. Sheer Legacy.
            Telegramme / Lanaya / Yekeke / Petit Sekou / Koumba tenin / Sabu / Gnagna / Yarabi / Montagne.

2007 Authenticité. The Syliphone years. Guinea's Orchestres Nationaux and Federaux 1965 - 1980. Sterns. STCD 3025-26. 2 x compact discs. Various artists. Includes "Djanfamagni", "Minuit", "Boiro", and "Bembeya" by Bembeya Jazz National and "O.U.A." and "Koukou befo" by Orchestre de Beyla.

2007 Bembeya Jazz National. The Syliphone years. Hits and rare recordings. Sterns STCD 3029-30. 2 x compact discs. Re-issue of Sterns STCD 3021-22, with "Guantanamera-seyni".

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