Amara Toure� - Afro-Cuban Singer and Percussionist from Conakry, Guinea

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The record label Analog Africa, which specializes in out-of-print music from Africa and Latin America from the 1960s and 1970s, has released 1973-1980, an anthology of the 10 songs recorded by Amara ToureÌ during the 1970s.

ToureÌ is an afro-cuban percussionist and singer form Guinée Conakry who played with bands in Senegal, Cameroon, and Gabon.  After 1980, ToureÌ's recording career was over.  Apparently he returned to Cameroon, but little is known about what happened to him.  

The music is smoky, groovy, jazzy:  listening to this music just transports you to some hot, sultry, nightclub cafe serving strong cocktails.

Lamento Cubano

[The Hersch]

Thanks for this. What a great recording! I've always liked Afro-Latin music in a casual way but have never paid enough attention to it. I used to get doses of it from Jazz 90, WUDC WDCU, but that's been gone a long time. I'll have to go deeper.

[DonRocks]

The record label Analog Africa, which specializes in out-of-print music from Africa and Latin America from the 1960s and 1970s, has released 1973-1980, an anthology of the 10 songs recorded by Amara Touré during the 1970s.

Touré is an afro-cuban percussionist and singer form Guinée Conakry who played with bands in Senegal, Cameroon, and Gabon.  After 1980, Touré's recording career was over.  Apparently he returned to Cameroon, but little is known about what happened to him.  

The music is smoky, groovy, jazzy:  listening to this music just transports you to some hot, sultry, nightclub cafe serving strong cocktails.

Lamento Cubano

Does anyone know when Touré was born?

More importantly, does anyone know if he played soccer? If so, I have some bad news, but there is *nothing* in this article that mentions music, not even in the comments - it's also possible that they're father and son. That's more likely (if they're related at all) because it seems the musician was born in the 1940s or even before. The name Amara Touré might be as common in Guinea as John Smith is elsewhere.