Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music
Ambiance Congo: September 15, 2019 3:00-5:00 PM
Today we’ll hear a lot of the great Congolese music from the 1950s.
This won’t be all inclusive or a go-to resource, but I’ll try to represent many of the great big bands and smaller orchestres of the era.
I hope that you’ll get into this program as much as I did in putting it together!
I give salute to the greats of a great era.
Show archive
Playlist
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King Kester Emeneya & Victoria Eleison Dream Team Dream Band, “seben from DORIS ILOKO (theme song)”
from PAS DE CONTACT
Black Music - 1995
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Adikwa Depala, “Matete Paris”
from The World Is Shaking - Cubanismo from the Congo, 1954-55
Honest Jon's Records - 2009
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Jhimmy, “Amis Benatar”
from Kongo ya Nostalgic: Rumbas Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo & Douala 1095-1960
Buda Musique - 2019
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Bokalanga, “Mazole vanga sanga”
from Roots of Rumba Rock: Congo Classics 1953-1955
Crammed Disc - 2006
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De Wayon, “Mabele Yo Okanisaka”
from Roots of OK Jazz (Congo Classics 1955-1956)
Crammed Discs - 1993
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Franco et Le T.P. O.K. Jazz, “Mosala Ekomi Mpasi-Embonga”
from Originalité: The Original 1956 Recordings of O.K. Jazz
RetroAfric - 1990
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Les Pionniers De La Musique Congolaise De Leopoldville à Kinshasa & Lucie Eyenga, “Kamsoda”
from Bankolo Miziki - Anthologie, Vol. 2
Ngoyarto - 2011
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Joseph Kabasele & l'African Jazz, “Tembe Nye”
from Le Grand Kalle: His Life, His Music
Sterns - 2013
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Franco & L'OK Jazz, “Oye, Oye, Oye”
from Franco et l'O.K. Jazz : 1957-1958-1959 (Merveilles du passé, Vol. 1)
African/Sonodisc - 1959
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Max Massengo et Le Negro Band, “Louisa To Bokolo Bana”
from Max Massengo et Le Negro Band
Pathe Marconi/EMI - 1976
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Bantous de la Capitale, “Para Fifi”
from Grand Kalle: Le Meilleur de Grand Kalle par Les Bantous de la Capitale Vol. 1
Cyriaque Bassoka Productions - 2018
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Nganga Edo, “Ouissana”
from Les Editions Congo All Stars Presentent...Pot Pourri sur Le Passe, Pont sur Congo-Zaire
Ikanga/Sonodisc - 1981
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Antoine Mundanda & Likembe Geant, “Retraite”
from The Very Best of Congolese Rumba: The Kinshasa-Abidjan Sessions
Marabi - 2007
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Les Pionniers De La Musique Congolaise De Leopoldville à Kinshasa & Léon Bukasa, “Kalala Badi Mwene”
from Bankolo Miziki - Anthologie, Vol. 1
Ngoyarto - 2011
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Georges Edward na M. Oliveira, “Elungi na Cherie Lokola Mwinda”
from Early Congo Music 1946-1962
El Sur Records - 2019
2019
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Musekiwa Isaac, “Cherie Akimi Ngai”
from Ngoma, Souvenir Ya L'Indépendance
Popular African Music - 1997