Tidiani Koné

Malian saxophonist (1926, Sansanding - February, 2001) Tidiani Koné played traditional instruments like the ngoni and the traditional flute before becoming a saxophonist in the 1960s when he joined the Orchestre De San. Funded the Bamako [a627723] in 1970. In 1978 returned to his native region of Ségou where he supervised the Biton De Ségou.