Bembeya Jazz National

Bembeya Jazz National is a band / group associated with GN. The artist is connected with Afrobeat, so genre, period and individual recordings offer useful ways into the work.

Listen for how Afrobeat shape rhythm, voice and arrangement. A starting path includes “Lan naya”. Then move to “The Rough Guide to the Music of Mali & Guinea” to hear how recordings are organized in a release context.