Salif Keita & Les Ambassadeurs

Jazz Open, Stuttgart, Germany. Salif Keitaâs music is a rich combination of traditional Malian music with European and American influences. We can hear this in the instrumentation of Keitaâs music, which varies from traditional West-African instruments to Western European ones. The Malian singer was cast out by his family because of his albinism. In 1967 he moved to Bamako, where he started his musical career and joined Les Ambassadeurs (Internationaux). He achieved international acknowledgement with this band in the 1970s. After spending a couple of years in Ivory Coast, Salif has found his home base in Paris since 1984. During this 2010 concert, he proves to be rightfully referred to as âThe Golden Voice of Africaâ.