Bembeya Jazz National discography
Compiled by Graeme Counsel
© Copyright
45 rpm discs
[1969]
République
Guinée / Sabor
de guajira. Syliphone.
SYL 503.
[1969]
Armée
Guinéenne / Net
a sec. Syliphone.
SYL 504.
[1969]
N’wato
m’baralé / 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]
Kouledegbé / 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. 4ème anniversaire
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.
[1967]
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", "Armée Guinéenne" and "Beyla" by
Bembeya Jazz National.
[1969] 
[1972] → 
Regard
sur le passsé. 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
"Alalaké", "Boiro"
and "Fatoumata" by Bembeya Jazz National.
1971
Guinée
an XIII. Pleins
feux sur les artistes du peuplee. Syliphone.
SLP 21.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 / Moussogbé / 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: Moussogbé / Beni
baralé /
La Guinée
/ Dagna / Fatoumata
Face B: Armée
Guinéenne
/ Ballaké /
Alla laké /
Waraba / N’borin / N’wato m’baralé.
[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’kanuwé /
N’lanyö / Touré
Face B: Mussofing / Dya dya / Sina mosso.
[1977] 
La
continuité. Syliphone. SLP
61.
Face A: Akukuwé / 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.
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 "Armée
Guinéenne"
and "N’wato m’baralé"
replaced by "Boiro" and "Doni doni".
[1977] 
Discotheque
76. Syliphone.
SLP 66.
Various artists. Includes "Téléphone",
"Petit Sékou", "Ah kani" and "Kana sarakabö" by Bembeya Jazz
National.
1978
alternate
cover →
Music
populaire. Guineo-Cubaine.
XI
ème festival
de la jeunesse et des étudiants 1978 a Cuba. "Cooperation
Guineo-Cubaine". Areito.
LD 3739.
Side
A: Argelia Fragoso Et Orchestre EGREM
– Chant dédié
par Cuba au
Festival / Orchestre Bembeya Jazz
National – Ne fais
pas de
sacrifice /
Orchestre Aragón – Mi son
es un
vacilón /
Orchestre Bembeya Jazz National – Petit Sekou
Side B: Orchestre
Bembeya Jazz National – Téléphone /
Orchestre Monumental – El mechón
/ Orchestre Bembeya Jazz National – Amitié
/ Orchestre Enrique Jorrín – Taconea
como quieraI.
("Téléphone",
"Petit Sékou",
"Ah kani" and "Kana sarakabö" are
from
SLP 66. "Ne
fais pas de sacrifice" is unique to this release).
1980
Africa roots.
Volume 3. Milkweg.
08-023474-20.
Various artists. Includes
live versions of "Yékéké"
and "N kanuwé"
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: Yékéké /
Gnagna
Face B: Yarabi / Cedeao / Yankadi.
1987
Sabu. Disques
Esperance. ESP
8442.
Face A: Sabu / Femara / Kebe
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
[1990] Justin Morel Junior présente
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.
2006
Sur les traces du Bembeya Jazz.
Semfilms. DIr: Abdoulaye
Diallo.
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 "Akukwé",
"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.
Concert agression.
1998
Guinée
40ème anniversaire. Syliphone. Volume
1. Syllart.
SYLAF 9650.
Various artists. Includes "Armée Guinéenne" by Bembeya Jazz
National.
1998
Guinée
40ème anniversaire. Syliphone. Volume
2. Mélodie.
38202-2.
Various artists. Includes "Dembaly galant" and "Petit Sékou"
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 - République
Guinée
/ Sabor de guajira / Armée
Guinéenne
/ Dembaty galant / Air Guinée
/ Guinée
hety horemoun / Montuno de la sierra / Waraba / Dagna / Doni
doni / Camara mousso / Super tentemba / Mami wata / Alalaké
CD 2 - Beyla / Fatoumata / Moussogbé /
Sou / N'gamokorô
/ Ballaké / Mussofing / Dya dya / Sina mousso / N'temena /
Téléphone / Petit Sékou
2006
African
Pearls. Volume 2. Guinée.
Cultural Revolution. Discograph.
6129872. 2
x Compact discs.
Various artists. Includes "Petit Sékou"
and "Armée
Guinéenne"
by Bembeya Jazz National. With uncredited
annotations "borrowed" from
mine on Stern's STCD 3021-22.
2006
African
nights. Sheer
Legacy.
Telegramme
/ Lanaya / Yékéké /
Petit Sékou
/ 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".
2011
Bembeya
Jazz National. Volume
1.
Syllart. 986.
2012
Bembeya
Jazz National. Volume
2 - Les années
80.
Syllart. 987.