Le Grand Kallé et l'African Jazz

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Le Grand Kallé et l'African Jazz
General information
Genre (s) Rumba , Samba and Cha-Cha-Cha
founding 1953
Founding members
Joseph Kabasele

Le Grand Kallé et l'African Jazz or shortly African Jazz was the most popular band in the 1950s in the Belgian Congo .

history

It was founded in Kinshasa in 1953 from several session musicians from the Opika recording studio . It is believed that it was also the first full-time professional music group in the Congo. The orchestra did not use the term jazz because they played jazz music , but to show that the music was modern, cultivated and entertaining. The group instead focused on rumba , samba and cha-cha-cha in a distinctively Congolese style.

From 1955 African Jazz published on the music publisher " Esengo "

At the first " round table " from January 20 to February 20, 1960, at which the Belgian and Congolese representatives negotiated June 30, 1960 as the independence day of the Congo, African Jazz was present as an entertainment band. During the conference, the song Independance Cha Cha was written , which is about the joys of independence and became one of their greatest hits.

In 1961 the band went on an extensive tour in Africa. She visited Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Guinea and exerted a significant influence on the local music scene.

Members

  • Manu Dibango (2019)

  • Taboo Ley Rochereau (2011)

  • Joseph Kabasele (founder and singer; nickname " la Grand Kalle ")
  • Tino Baroza (guitarist and composer)
  • Déchaud Mwamba (guitar, 1953–63)
  • Tino Baroza (guitar)
  • Albert Taumani (bass)
  • Joseph Mwena (bass, 1953-63)
  • Baskis ( percussion )
  • Antoine "Depuissant" Kaya (percussion, 1953–63)
  • Isaac Musekiwa ( saxophone , 1954-?)
  • Roger Izeidi (vocals, maracas,? -1963)
  • André Menga (saxophone)
  • Dominique "Willy" Kuntima (trumpet)
  • Tabu Ley Rochereau (vocals, 1959–63)
  • Vicky Longomba (vocals, 1960)
  • Brazzos (bass, 1960)
  • Pierre "Petit Pierre" Yantula ( Congas , 1960)
  • Charles Hénault (drum, 1960-?)
  • Manu Dibango (saxophone, piano, 1961)
  • Joseph "Mujos" Mulamba (vocals,? -1963)
  • Papa Noel (guitar, 1963-?)
  • Jean Bombenga (vocals, 1963-?)
  • Mathieu Kouka (vocals, 1963-?)
  • André "Damoiseau" Kambite (guitar, 1963-?)
  • Casimir "Casino" Mutshipule (guitar, 1963-?)

Songs

  • Jamis Kolonga (Rumba, composed by Tino Baroza)
  • Kale Kato / Ngai Na Yo Se Liwa
  • Independance Cha Cha (1960)
  • Okuka Lokole (1960, a tribute to Louis Armstrong )
  • Merengue Scoubidou

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d David Van Reybrouck : Congo: A Story . Suhrkamp Verlag , Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-518-42307-3 , p. 28 .
  2. ↑ African Jazz - Band History ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.coldrunbooks.com
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Grand Kalle et l'African Jazz
  4. ↑ a b c d Grand Kalle And African Jazz
  5. ↑ a b Kongo-Kinshasa.de: Overview of the history of Congolese modern dance music, part 3
  6. ↑ a b c Grand Kalle - Music Artist Band Bio ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.music.us
  7. ^ David van Reybrouck: Congo: A story . Suhrkamp Verlag , p. 33% .