Ryco-Jazz was founded by Henri Bowane in 1958. The name was composed from Rythme Congolais, Ry-Co in short. From 1960 to 1964 they toured west Africa and later moved to Martinique where they were very popular. Their styles varied from tumbele, biguine, bolero and rumba. Back in Paris in 1971 the group splits up and[...]

On Disques Vogue, probably from the sixties, we find this CMDINT 9577. It is the very last one listed at their Discogs discography without year of release. Ry-Co comes from Rythmes Congolais and was initiated in 1958. Based in Martinique from 1966 to about 1971. Their records are kind of hard to come by. Radio[...]

Op onze voortdurende muzikale ontdekkingsreis komen we vandaag weer aan op het eiland Guadeloupe. Eigenlijk bestaat Guadeloupe uit twee eilanden, Basse-Terre en Grande-Terre die worden gescheiden door een smalle zeestraat. De biguine en cadence-rempa die er van- daan komen zouden mij in de jaren hebben getrokken als ik oud genoeg was geweest het te beseffen.[...]

Van de Franse Antillen komen deze twee bands. Les Leopards en Ry-Co Jazz uit Martinique. Zij spelen compas, cadence, biguine, rumba en tumbele, mazurka en rempa doen ze ook. Vandaag in elk geval de eerste drie. Luister met plezier.. zie ook https://www.globalgroovers.com/2014/01/ryco-jazz-fantastique-ryco-jazz-hit.html from the French Antilles we've got these two bands. Les Léopards and Ry-Co[...]

Hi groovers, so we had us two albums with singer Ryco from Guadeloupe. Today we have a record with M'Bilia Casino who used to take part in Ry-Co Jazz, something totally different. Ry-Co or Ryco Jazz a was founded in Congo in 1858/59 by Henri Bowane. They spent four years in Martinique where their music[...]

Always trying to find the next 'african' 360.000 series album I go from fair to fair and from one recordstore to an other. The moment one finds another number in the series becomes more scarse all the time. So when it finally happens again a shiver goes down my spine, such a thrilling experience. At[...]

Catching up on our samplers we have reached posts from October 2019, still some one and a half years behind on today. I reckon you know the drill, but if you're new here, listen to the songs and if you like something, you may find the album it comes from by copy / paste the[...]

Hello people, today it's time for another sampler. Catching up with the present, just one year to go this is volume 49 which contains a variety of styles again. If you hear any to your liking, find the album it comes from by using our search-bar, go get them. tracks; 01 - Colacho Mendoza -[...]