Orchestre De La Paillotte Ambassadeurs Du Motel Bembeya Jazz National Pivi Et Les Baladins Jardin De Guinée Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux Miriam Makeba Et Son Quintette Guinéen The Mandinkas The SBD Project
Sékou Diabaté, by his full name Sékouba Diabaté, is a Guinean guitarist born July 8, 1944 in Tiro (Faranah region), co-founder of Bembeya Jazz in 1961.
He is sometimes called Sékou Bembeya Diabaté, and nicknamed Diamond fingers so as not to confuse him with his namesake singer nicknamed Sékouba Bambino Diabaté.
ALBUMS
Sekou Bembeya Diabate
Guitar Fö
2004
Sekou Bembeya Diabate / Djanka Diabate
Samba Gaye
1997, CD, Album, Dakar Sound, CNR Music
Sekou Bembeya Diabate
Diamond Fingers
1996
Sekou Diabate Bembeya*
"Digné"
1987
Sekou Diabate Bembeya*
Sekou Diabate Bembeya
1985, LP, Album, Disques Espérance
Sekou Bembeya Diabate
Diata
Cass, Album, Alpha Mamadou Cissé Et Frères
Djanka*, Sekou Diabate Bembeya*
Concorde Gaye
Cass, Comp, Not On Label
The SBD Project
Reframed
2022, CD, Album, dig, Dakar Sound, Coast to Coast
Bembeya Jazz National
The Syliphone Years (Hits And Rare Recordings)
2007
Bembeya Jazz National
Bembeya Jazz National
1993, CD, Comp, Disques Espérance
Bembeya Jazz National
Sabu
1987
Bembeya Jazz National
Bembeya Jazz National
1986, LP, Album, Disques Espérance, 
,
, African
Bembeya Jazz National
Bembeya Jazz National
1986, Cass, Album, Mono, rep, Africa7
Bembeya Jazz National
Bembeya Jazz National
1985, LP, Album, Disques Espérance, ,
, African/Rumba
Bembeya Jazz National
Bembeya Jazz National
1985
Bembeya Jazz National
Bembeya / Ilé N'Yarabi
1973, 7", Editions Syliphone Conakry
Bembeya Jazz National
Authenticité 73 - Parade Africaine
1973
Bembeya Jazz National
Waraba / N'Borin
1970, Vinyl, 
,
, African/Afro-Cuban/Afro-Cuban Jazz
Bembeya Jazz National
Le Défi
LP, Album, Editions Syliphone Conakry, ,
, African/Afro-Cuban Jazz
Miriam Makeba Et Son Quintette Guinéen
Toure Barika / Milele
7", Editions Syliphone Conakry
Miriam Makeba Et Son Quintette Guinéen
Maobe Guinée / Teya Teya
7", Editions Syliphone Conakry
Pivi Et Les Baladins
Djina Mousso / Manta Lokoka
7", Editions Syliphone Conakry
Bembeya Jazz National
Bembeyako / Dagna
7", Editions Syliphone Conakry
APPEARANCES +
Mariama
Love, Sweat & Tears
2018, 
,
, Neo Soul
Les Ambassadeurs*
Rebirth
2015
Mr Raoul K
Mande
2012, 
,
, House/Afrobeat
Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux Featuring Salif Keita
Mandjou / Seydou Bathily
2010, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Universal Music France
Béla Fleck
Throw Down Your Heart (Tales From The Acoustic Planet Vol. 3 Africa Sessions)
2009, CD, ,
, African/Bluegrass
Oumou Sangare
Seya
2009, CD Digipak, ,
, African/Griot
Various
Guinée : Cultural Revolution
2006, 2x CD, ,
, Afro-Cuban/Vocal/Psychedelic/Folk/African
Sekouba Bambino*
15e Anniversaire
2004, ,
, African
Chris Ofili
Within Reach
2003, CD, Comp, Ltd, Not On Label, 
,
, House/Grime/Dubstep/Hip Hop/African/Drum n Bass
Bembeya Jazz*
Bembeya
2002, CD, ,
, African
Roswell Rudd & Toumani Diabate*
Malicool
2002, ,
, Fusion/African
Miriam Makeba
The Guinea Years
2001, CD, Comp, Stern's Africa, 
,
, African/Chanson/Griot
Sekou Kouyate*
Koulikoro...
1998, CD, Album, Dakar Sound, CNR Music, 
,
, African
Kanté Manfila*
Back To Farabanah
1998, 
,
, African/Griot
Kanté Manfila*
Douaou Den
1998, ,
, African
Djanka Diabate
Sabou Sabou
1997, CD, Sonima Music, ,
, African/Soukous
Sékouba Bambino*
Kassa
1997
Various
Dakar Sound Sampler
1997
Various
Vertigo ! Le Magazine Des Nouvelles Tendances Du Jazz N°1
1996, CD, Comp, Smplr, Verve Records, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Bossa Nova/Afrobeat/Funk
Sambala Kanoute
Baden Tonoma
1995, CD, Album, Sonodisc, ,
, African
Etoile 3000
Bamba Mixes
1995, CD, Single, New Dakar Sound, New Dakar Sound
Coumba Gawlo
Aldiana
1995
Hank Jones Meets Cheick-Tidiane Seck* And The Mandinkas
Sarala
1995, CD, ,
, African/Griot
Salif Keita
69 . 80
1994, ,
, African
Sanougue Kouyate
Balendala Djibe
1990, ,
, Afrobeat/Folk
Bembeya Jazz*
Wâ Kélê
1989, ,
, African
Sona Diabaté
Kankele-Ti
1988
Ousmane Kouyate*
Kefimba
1985
Youssouf Kanté Et Djékoria Diabaté*
Natoma
1984, ,
, African
African Virtuoses
Nanibali / Balade Sur La Lagune
1983
Ousmane Kouyate*
"Révélation 82"
1982, ,
, African
Ambassadeur International*
Ambassadeur International
1981
Ambassadeur International*
Mandjou
1978
Moussa Doumbia
Keleya
1977
Virtuoses Diabate*
La Nouvelle Mariee
1976
Balla Et Ses Balladins
Kaira / Sakhodougou
1970, 7", Editions Syliphone Conakry
Balla Et Ses Balladins
Moi Ça M´a Fout / Vacillon
1970, 7", Editions Syliphone Conakry
Keletigui Et Ses Tambourinis / Balla Et Ses Balladins / Bembeya-Jazz National*
Guinee An XI (Réedition Spéciale) - Le Rendez-Vous Annuel Des Grands
1970
Bembeya Jazz*
Bembeya Jazz
1968
Orchestre Du Jardin De Guinee*
Jardin De Guinee
1967
Ensemble Koteba D'Abidjan
Fanico Extraits Volume 1
LP, Disco Stock
Sandaly Kante
Sandaly Kante
Various
African Guitars Anthology
2012, CD, Comp, Lusafrica, ,
, African
Various
African Music - Anthology
2012, 3xCD, Comp, Sli, Lusafrica
Various
Standard Saphire D'or, Nouakchott Mauritanie
2011, Cass, Comp, Mississippi Records
Various
Musiques Métisses - Le Mandingue - Empire De La Musique
2007, CD, Comp, Marabi Productions, ,
, African/Griot/Desert Blues
Various
Marabi Africa
2007, CD, Comp, Marabi Productions
Various
Tales Of African Guitar Kings
2007, CD, Comp, Sheer Sound, 
,
, African
Various
Music Meeting 2001-2003 Festival Highlights
2004, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Dig, Radio Netherlands Music
Various
Francophonie Midem 2005
2003, 3xCD, Comp, Promo, Conseil Francophone De La Chanson,
Various
Dakar Sound Sampler -2
2000
Various
Ethnias 2 Músicas Del Mundo
1999, 2xCD, Album, Comp, CNR Music Spain, 
Various
Les Stars De Guinee
VHS, Comp, Kalim International, ,
, African
