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TSHITA TSHIMA aka JEAN JEAN

October 17, 2024 - 02:23 AM TSHITA TSHIMA aka JEAN JEAN By the Jerome Ogola We are still celebrating Grand Maitre, the King of African music, who died on 12th October 1989. Music is teamwork and so it is very inaccurate to credit the success of OKJ to Franco alone. For a song to come into existence, it takes the input of several players. The composer only creates a skeleton which is made perfect by the expertise of others. These others aren't necessarily musicians and they too merit some recognition. At any given time, OKJ had a galaxy of stars, from within and outside the frontiers of DRC. Dele Pedro the alto saxman is Nigerian, Musekiwa the tenor saxophonist was Zimbabwean. Mangwana the singer was born......

FABRICE AKENDE SANGO LYRICS TRANSLATION - FRANCO LUAMBO ET TPOK JAZZ

October 15, 2024 - 04:26 PM FABRICE AKENDE SANGO - FRANCO ET LE TPOK JAZZ (10 Ans) (CHORUS )Fabrice magasin monene ekende sango partout mpo na abacos *2-The great shop (Fabrice) has become popular because of AbacosDix ans dix ans ya Fabrice eeh Bon anniversaire Fabrice-10 years,10 years of Fabrice, Happy Birthday FabriceTambola na Europe mobimba, soki okomi nakati ya Bruxelles-Walk/roam all over the whole Europe, if you reach BrussellesTuna magasin monene ya Fabrice-Ask for the great shop of FabriceAfungoli sika na ikse nari double-He opens .......(?)Numero dix neuf pembeni yo ya kala-Number 19 besides Kala *Soki okomi nakati ya Fabrice tuna Papa Anges na petit Franco-If you reach/Arrive at Fabrice, ask for Papa......

THIS IS WHY YOU MUST KNOW VERCKYS

October 15, 2024 - 05:38 AM THIS IS WHY YOU MUST KNOW VERCKYS. By the Jerome Ogola 1. He was a saxophone wizard. No one was good enough for Verckys in the history of Rumba Congolaise and beyond. He is creative and versatile. It is so good that he might be in charge of the instrument, selected to play it when Jesus finally comes back. 2. He is the biggest sax player and most recognised, to have played with Franco's TPOK Jazz (1961-1969). 3. He was the first Indigenous African to own a recording studio when he opened state of the art (then)......

BOY ON THE DRUMS

October 14, 2024 - 11:21 AM BOY ON THE DRUMS This is Albert William Louis...most people know him as Awilo Longomba.Back then aged just 24 years old in the group Viva La Musica, during their first tour of Japan in 1986. They used to call him 'the boy on drums' as he was the youngest in the group when he joined a few years earlier. In one interview, he remembers his late father, the famous Rumba singer, Vicky Longomba one of the founding members of T.P OK Jazz. Awilo said his father was his greatest inspiration though he never wanted the young man to venture into music...but as if his destiny was marked- to be in music.To date, Awilo has celebrated close to 40 years in the music industry and has won more world music......

SUNSET COMES FOR PRINCESS JULLY

October 13, 2024 - 05:04 AM SUNSET COMES FOR PRINCESS JULLY. At the peak of the Afrisa and OKJ rivalry in the mid-1970s, Tabuley made an experiment which gave his outfit an edge over Franco's band. He introduced a lady singer known as Marie Claire Mboyo, aka Mbilia Bell. She was a great composer, singer and dancer. She was also gorgeous, curvaceous and voluptuous. Paired with Tabuely a great showman on stage, she became an instant hit and the band's fortunes picked with shows getting packed. There seems to be magic in showbiz ladies that plays a magnet to keep me glued. Princess July, the benga song bird who died in a Migori hospital yesterday also resuscitated the dwindling fortunes of her husband the late......

BYE BYE BOYIBANDA

October 10, 2024 - 07:00 AM BYE BYE BOYIBANDA "I have found a trustworthy confidant in a tree. The tree neither gossips about others nor does it share the secrets he shares with him. When the wind blows, the tree hums in response, but doesn't utter a word. He keeps everything to himself" This is a translation of an excerpt from the late Michel Boyibanda's song 'nzete esololaka na mutu te'. The composer finds a clever way of telling off rumour mongers, whom he alleges talk like a "tchakou" (parrot). When a conservationist asked this writer which song captures an element of conservation, so that they could play it as a theme song, this was the song that came to mind. It doesn't really address......

BIOGRAPHY OF LE GRAND MAITRE

October 09, 2024 - 02:05 AM BIOGRAPHY OF LE GRAND MAITRE Franco Luambo Makiadi, the Congolese legendary musician, continues to hold a special place in the hearts of millions of music lovers across the globe, 35 years into his death. His music sells in shops across the continent and beyond, in Latin America, the USA, and Europe. Online applications created long after his death are also dominated by his music. His fan base has continued to swell with younger fans, probably born after his death, getting hooked, more than three decades into his death, with fans and musicians marveling at how magical he was to head a band that stayed intact for 37 years, churning out chart-topping records, estimated to be slightly more......

ANOTHER GOD OF TWIST

October 07, 2024 - 02:16 PM JOHN NZENZE, ANOTHER GOD OF TWIST The advancement in technology that allows the use of computer programs to create beats has seriously eroded creativity in music.' John Amutabi Nzenze, a big name in Kenyan music, once reported Kelvin Ogome of KUTV. In his estimation, musicians nowadays no longer learn how to play instruments, i.e., guitar, saxophone, trumpets, etc., and this has encouraged laziness in music, with wannabes releasing 'hits' that can't stand the test of time. When a detailed history of Kenya's music is finally written, twisty will feature prominently as a genre that took the country's entertainment by storm in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, among the names......

THE TEAM THAT BLEW OK JAZZ TO SUCCESS

October 05, 2024 - 02:48 PM THE TEAM THAT BLEW OK JAZZ TO SUCCESS In our series of understanding the brains behind the success of OKJ, as part of celebrating Franco's legacy to mark the 35th anniversary of his death, we seek to closely examine the team's wind instrument section. This was an integral part of the ensemble since its inception. For beginners, Congolese rumba is most clustered into five or six generations for the purpose of study, and this is done in chronology, with the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and/ or sixth, as we have dealt with it deeply in a separate post. The sax made an entry into Congolese music during the second generation but became more prominent during the second and died......

THE BIG BRAINS

October 03, 2024 - 05:05 PM THE BRAINS BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF FRANCO As the clock ticks towards his 35th anniversary, musicologists and lovers of music are still marveling at how this legendary musician managed to achieve this rare feat of growing such a magnificent stature in the world of music. It is worth pointing out that as much as there is a consensus that Franco was immensely talented; there is consensus that music is generally teamwork and he wouldn't have achieved a fraction of his success if he had not surrounded himself with a team of talented and dedicated musicians, scattered in several specialties. Who are these, and what were their contributions to the band's success? SIMARO LUTUMBA......

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TSHITA TSHIMA aka JEAN JEAN

FABRICE AKENDE SANGO LYRICS TRANSLATION - FRANCO LUAMBO ET TPOK JAZZ

THIS IS WHY YOU MUST KNOW VERCKYS

BOY ON THE DRUMS

SUNSET COMES FOR PRINCESS JULLY

BYE BYE BOYIBANDA

BIOGRAPHY OF LE GRAND MAITRE

ANOTHER GOD OF TWIST

THE TEAM THAT BLEW OK JAZZ TO SUCCESS

THE BIG BRAINS

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TSHITA TSHIMA aka JEAN JEAN

FABRICE AKENDE SANGO LYRICS TRANSLATION - FRANCO LUAMBO ET TPOK JAZZ

THIS IS WHY YOU MUST KNOW VERCKYS

BOY ON THE DRUMS

SUNSET COMES FOR PRINCESS JULLY

BYE BYE BOYIBANDA

BIOGRAPHY OF LE GRAND MAITRE

ANOTHER GOD OF TWIST

THE TEAM THAT BLEW OK JAZZ TO SUCCESS

THE BIG BRAINS

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Jabulani Swahili (9)

Rumba Chronicles (29)

Programs

WEEKEND RHUMBA TWILIGHT MIX

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Legend Franco Luambo Makaidi

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