By the late 1970s Super Diamono was duking it out with Youssou Ndour’s Super Etoile for Top Band of Dakar. This wonderful album, recorded live at a gig in Paris, was their European breakthrough. Cutting alto sax, keyboards blending Afro-Islam and contempo-funk, afro-rock guitar, Sahelian vocals: the elements are familiar. What is done with them is exceptional.