Les Ambassadeurs du Motel
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Combined Graph record U-01451 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-I-0095. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Les Ambassadeurs was the band Salif Keita found success with after the Rail Band; in 1973 Keita and Rail Band members relocated to Abidjan and named the new project Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux. The band's origin was as the Bamako Motel house band in Bamako, Mali.
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Les Ambassadeurs was the band Salif Keita found success with after the Rail Band; in 1973 Keita and Rail Band members relocated to Abidjan and named the new project Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux. The band's origin was as the Bamako Motel house band in Bamako, Mali.
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- Also known as: Les Ambassadeurs
- City: Bamako
Relationships
- Bamako — located in
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- https://www.allmusic.com/artist/keita-mn0000832281 (verification source · master store)
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Les Ambassadeurs was the band Salif Keita found success with after the Rail Band; in 1973 Keita and Rail Band members relocated to Abidjan and named the new project Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux. The band's origin was as the Bamako Motel house band in Bamako, Mali.
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