Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique: Sékou "Bembeya" Diabaté

Frank Bessem's
Musiques d'Afrique:

Sékou "Bembeya" Diabaté
(Guinée)

Musiques d'Afrique
Musiques de Guinée

Sékou "Bembeya" Diabaté, aka Diamond Fingers, became famous as the lead guitar player of Bembeya Jazz. As this band slowly desintegrated after the departure of Sékouba Bambino Diabaté in 1989, Sékou "Bembeya" Diabaté, too, began a solo career, although he had recorded a solo album already in 1985. Paul Montgomery of Stern's Records said on the album Diamond Fingers: "Forget Cooder and Clapton, Diamond Fingers is God!"

Now that Bembeya Jazz is re-united again in 2002, Sékou "Bembeya" Diabaté is again playing in that group as the solo guitarist.

Born:
Style: mandingue.

Discography:

Title	Year	Label	Remarks
Guitar Fö	2004	Discorama WVF 479016	Also on: World Village Music
Samba Gaye	1997	Dakar Sound DKS 011	Re-recording of an older cassette
Diamond Fingers	1996	Dakar Sound DKS 008
Montagne	1985	Esperance ESP 8419	LP