Dagna
Bembeya Jazz National Lyrics
Dream and live forever
immortality, a life devoid of suffering
losing myself in the incorporeal
aspirations and desires
I define the architecture within. synapses fire, reality begins
my mind is my shelter where loving arms cradle my fragile spirit
I'll watch you burn before I open my eyes
is this where I belong?
with shut eyes and clenched fists?
escaping the nightmare of my reality
Dream ends: Reality begins
awakened, I fall back into the world
I say my prayers as my face meets the concrete
BRING ME BACK!
heavy breathing, blurry vision
am I unable to change anything?
is nothing under my control?
once again, I must face my demons. I must face you.
wake up, please wake up
I am the change that the whole world fears
they will know what I've done, they will know who I am
let your mind speak
I am the change that the whole world fears
you are irrelevant, you are a burden
they know nothing, leave them be.
follow the dream, child
not in your sleep, but in your waking life
throw your dreams into the world
I don't have to tell you everything
so dont act like I owe you anything
in my sleep i dream of destroying you
in my waking life, I dont have to
what is it like to sleep forever?
this reality is mine to change
my dreams will become my reality
a lie no longer borne from slumber
my eyes are now open, my walls are now windows
i dont need to escape anymore
our dreams become our actions
our stories become our memories
I chase my dreams with eyes wide open
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Bembaya Jazz National is a Guinean jazz group that gained fame in the 1960s for their infectious Afropop rhythms. They are considered one of the most significant bands in Guinean music. Many of their recordings are based on traditional folk music in the country and have been fused with jazz and Afropop style. Featuring guitarist Sekou 'Diamond Fingers' Diabate, who grew up in a traditional griot musical family, the band won over fans in Conakry, Guinea's capital city, during the heady days of that country's newfound independence. Read Full BioBembaya Jazz National is a Guinean jazz group that gained fame in the 1960s for their infectious Afropop rhythms. They are considered one of the most significant bands in Guinean music. Many of their recordings are based on traditional folk music in the country and have been fused with jazz and Afropop style. Featuring guitarist Sekou 'Diamond Fingers' Diabate, who grew up in a traditional griot musical family, the band won over fans in Conakry, Guinea's capital city, during the heady days of that country's newfound independence. Bembeya Jazz fell onto harder times in the 1980s and disbanded for a number of years, but reformed in the late 1990s and has toured Europe and North America in the early 2000s.
In the aftermath of the Guinean Independence in 1958 and the encouragement of cultural pride, numerous bands sprang up throughout the African country. The first dance bands were state-supported orchestras, and included popular groups like Lanaya Jazz, Keletigui et ses Tambourins and Super Boiro. The most popular was Bembeya Jazz National, formed by vocalist Aboubacar Dembar Camara in 1961. Specializing in modern arrangements of Manding classic tunes, Bembeya Jazz National won the first two national Biennale festivals in 1962 and 1964 and was crowned National Orchestra in 1966.
Initially a seven-piece group, featuring a Latin-flavored horn section of saxophone, trumpet, and clarinet, Bembeya Jazz National reached its apex with the addition of electric guitarist Sekou "Diamond Fingers" Diabate and lead singer Sekouba Mabino Diabate (no relation). Although prohibited from touring outside Guinea until the mid-'80s, Bembeya Jazz National continued to build a cult-like following in its home country.
Bembeya Jazz National's most ambitious album, Regard Sur Le Passe, released in 1968, was a musical tribute to the memory of Samory Toure, who founded the Mande kingdom in 1870. A live album, 10 Ans De Succes, was recorded during a 1971 concert.
A set-back for the band came in 1973 when Camara was killed in an auto accident on his way to a concert in Dakar. Although they remained together for another eight years, Bembeya Jazz National was unable to duplicate the success of their earliest years. The group disbanded in 1991 with Sekou Diabate and Sekouba Bambino Diabate going on to successful solo careers.
However, it reformed in the late 1990s and has toured Europe and North America in the early 2000s.
In the aftermath of the Guinean Independence in 1958 and the encouragement of cultural pride, numerous bands sprang up throughout the African country. The first dance bands were state-supported orchestras, and included popular groups like Lanaya Jazz, Keletigui et ses Tambourins and Super Boiro. The most popular was Bembeya Jazz National, formed by vocalist Aboubacar Dembar Camara in 1961. Specializing in modern arrangements of Manding classic tunes, Bembeya Jazz National won the first two national Biennale festivals in 1962 and 1964 and was crowned National Orchestra in 1966.
Initially a seven-piece group, featuring a Latin-flavored horn section of saxophone, trumpet, and clarinet, Bembeya Jazz National reached its apex with the addition of electric guitarist Sekou "Diamond Fingers" Diabate and lead singer Sekouba Mabino Diabate (no relation). Although prohibited from touring outside Guinea until the mid-'80s, Bembeya Jazz National continued to build a cult-like following in its home country.
Bembeya Jazz National's most ambitious album, Regard Sur Le Passe, released in 1968, was a musical tribute to the memory of Samory Toure, who founded the Mande kingdom in 1870. A live album, 10 Ans De Succes, was recorded during a 1971 concert.
A set-back for the band came in 1973 when Camara was killed in an auto accident on his way to a concert in Dakar. Although they remained together for another eight years, Bembeya Jazz National was unable to duplicate the success of their earliest years. The group disbanded in 1991 with Sekou Diabate and Sekouba Bambino Diabate going on to successful solo careers.
However, it reformed in the late 1990s and has toured Europe and North America in the early 2000s.
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Djibril Dia
Quand je l'ai ecoutee j'ai eu les larmes aux yeux. Paix a son ame.
Marie sola
Les instruments haut de gamme, merci pour tout, la vie continue son chemin.
BANGOURA MAMADOUBA
Quand j'écoute ce morceau Dagna je pense à mon village Yoto, au moment où je partais au champ à Amiyèli vers le soir au couché du soleil c'est ce que je chantais à l'enfance
Mistah A
Le monde est petit. Je suis sénégalais mais mon père est un grand estimateur de la musique malinké et fan de ce groupe. Dans mon village, au Sénégal, j'écoutais cette chanson surtout après la pluie, dans la saison des pluies. Pour moi c'est sans doute la meilleure chanson de l'histoire de la musique Guinéen
cisse harouna
Musique mandingue bien rythmée et me rappelle l'université
Baba lansana Sackho
J’adore 👍
housseynatou sylla
souvenir de nom enfance a conakry et mon defunt pere qui etait tres bon pere que ame de nos mort reposent en paix
Yacouba oumar Toure
Ces' la guinée , la belle guinée , ces villes , son paysage , sa nature , j'ai la chaire de poule , très clairement xa me rappelle les choses de mon enfance , ces souvenir lointain
madjouma Diakite
Cette chanson me donne la chairs de poule la voix de Demba. Il faut je visite saraya à tout prix rip le dragon de la musique de Guinée
Mamadou Karamoko
Il avait une trèèèès belle voix !!!!
Rip l'artiste !!!!