Now this is what I would call Rumba Congolesa. In african's great series Les Merveilles du Passé, this beautyful collector with songs from 1963. It contains three songs from the hand of Essou, who just recently passed away, RIP. Other songs by Jojo, Papa Noël, Nino Malapet and Kouka Celestin. If african opens up a[...]

Somewhere during the 60's, an early member of OK Jazz, Jean Serge Essous and Nino Malapet, also saxplayer, started up a bigband Congolese style. Les Bantous de la Capitale, with Papa Noel, Brazzos among others who joined Franco's Band in Kinshasa later. Did you know the 'OK' in OK Jazz stands for Orchestre Kinois ?,[...]

Until now it remained on the shelf, but because I posted vol. 1 yesterday, I'm bringing this vol. 9 today. Let's say it is for your sunday prayers. Personnally I'm no fan of re- ligious songs. However, I am a fan of the works of Pamelo Mounk'a. Part from the two religious songs there are[...]

click on it De plaat van vandaag is een tikkeltje obscuur. Over Biyolo le Grand kan ik niets vinden. Wel vinden we dat saxofonist Paul Mayitezo ooit iets met Les Bantous des capitale heeft gedaan en ook bij Verckys. Met percussionist Vicka Petelo vinden we een filmpje op Youtube. Mix is gedaan door Martin Bakala[...]

Jean Félix Pouéla "Dupool" used to be percussionist with OK Jazz until 1978. He also used to be part of Les Bantous de la Capitale at some point. It is hard to find useful info on the subject. Today we find him on this album on Eddy'Son Consortium Mondial from Paris. No year of release[...]

tracks ; 01 - Orchestre G.O. Malebo - Fiancée laya 02 - Orchestre G.O. Malebo - Nasengi démission 03 - Orchestre TPOK Jazz - Balenge 1 04 - Orchestre TPOK Jazz - Balenge 2 05 - Orchestre Cavacha Missil - Bomoto 1 06 - Orchestre Cavacha Missil - Bomoto 2 07 - Orchestre Zaïko Langa-Langa[...]

Les Bantous de la Capitale is one of the longest-lasting and most influential groups in the musical history of the Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). Formed in 1959, the band played a major role in the introduction and growing popularity of boucher, which vitalized the Cuban-influenced rumba, and soukous. Initially co-led by saxophonists[...]

Afrikaanse salsa ? Ja hoor, dat bestaat ook, bijna alsof het Cubanen zijn. José Missamou laat het ons hier horen. Hij zong bij les Bantous de la Capitale en deed ook diverse solo projecten. Op deze plaat wordt hij bijgestaan door Ntesa Dalienst die ook nog met Franco heeft gewerkt. Opgenomen in de studio van[...]

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[...]

Former member of Les Bantous de la Capitale, from the Brazzaside of the river, established a fan bas in Abidjan, on this LP together with Afrisa, Rochereau and Mbilia Bel. tracks; 1 Cynthia 2 On ne meurt qu'une fois 3 Le travail toujours le travail 4 Adjoussou d'Abidjan

01 - Orchestre SBB - Avenue de la paix 02 - Jackie Mittoo and the Soul Vendors - Evening time 03 - Genaro - Subo serra 04 - M.D. Shirinda & Gaza Sisters - Swavukati 05 - Étoile de Dakar - Thiely 06 - Típica 73 - Carahuico 07 - Pamelo Mounk'a et Les Bantous[...]

Good afternoon groovers, now here's the seventh and for this moment last sampler of the sampler theme week. It is number 70 and goes back to the mids of march 2018. We are getting a bit closer to the present day. This morning Jos sent me a link to this very nice documentary in which[...]

tracks ; 01 - Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe - Ndi afu 02 - The Latin Brothers - Bailame como quieras 03 - Kiland & Orchestre Mabatalai - Dernier voyage nassali part 2 04 - Tião Motorista - Manhã de Carnaval, A felicidade 05 - Andrés Landero y su Conjunto - La pollera rosada 06 -[...]

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 -[...]