In going through some old music recently, I found a wonderful compilation of performances at the Dutch Music Meeting festival from 2001-2003. These aren't commercially available, so they're really a treat if you can find them (or find a radio station that plays them for you!)."Rumba Makossa" is something of a swinging, Latinized version of the Dibango classic "Soul Makosa," a song that was orig...
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Some music, and most great music, can't be easily classified, right? Accordingly, I find most attempts at describing Manu Dibango's unique blend of African and jazz influences completely unsatisfactory.Manu's output over the years has covered much terrain: early disco, African funk, jazz, electronic world music, soulful sax playing...all bringing together the black cultures of Africa, Europe, ...
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In going through some old music recently, I found a wonderful compilation of performances at the Dutch Music Meeting festival from 2001-2003. These aren't commercially available, so they're really a treat if you can find them (or find a radio station that plays them for you!). "Rumba Makossa" is something of a swinging, Latinized version of the Dibango classic "Soul Makosa," a song that was ori...
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[Many Dibango - New Bell / 6:50]Forgive me Funkster for I have faked. I have made bold statements about the extent of my funk-fu mastery and led my fellow F-parliamentaries into F-forgery.It all began with the intimation of going to war for the Funk. Funkalised by the rallying cry of the West against the East, I enrolled when I was but a semi-ignorant F-dragon.True, I was fairly educated in sou...
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In any sensible person's Funky Song Hall of Fame.
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Thanks to BurningDervish for reminding me to dig out this from 1977ish:
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Some music, and most great music, can't be easily classified, right? Accordingly, I find most attempts at describing Manu Dibango's unique blend of African and jazz influences completely unsatisfactory.Manu's output over the years has covered much terrain: early disco, African funk, jazz, electronic world music, soulful sax playing...all bringing together the black cultures of Africa, Europe, ...
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 Dans Les Rues d'Antibes |
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| 2 Les Oignons |
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| 3 Si Tu Vois Ma Mere |
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| 4 In a Georgia Cabin |
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| 5 Strutting with Some Barbecue |
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