FMES: Tuwakumbuke Wanamichezo Africa!

[William J. Malecela]

A most memorable performance by Mose Fan Fan and Papa Noel as they played together at WOMAD 2000. Also on stage were Syran Mbenza (guitar) and Miguel Yamba (bass). What a treat that was!

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[William J. Malecela]

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Guitarist Syran M'Benza was born in Kinshasa on May 31, 1950. His artistic career began in 1968, when, still in school, he played in a neighborhood group called La Banita. Following that, he joined other bands: Jamel Jazz, Dynamic Jazz Ewawa de Malph, Somo-Somo and Lovy du Zaire, led by Vicky Longomba. It was after leaving Lovy du Zaire that he decided to become a professional musician, working with a group called Kara in a nightclub of the same name.

An adventurous spirit, Syran decided to explore other musical arenas, leaving Zaire for Togo and Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa, where he encountered Sam Mangwana and Lokassa, and collaborated with them for three years in the African All Stars, and also recorded his first solo album, Kouame.
From West Africa, Syran departed for Europe to continue his solo career. His next album, Ilanga, was produced by Eddy Son, and as his reputation grew, worked with many other producers including Afro-Rythme, Salsa Musique, Africamania, Syllart, Melodie and Buda Musique.

His other solo albums were Elisa Dangwa, Sisika, Kelele, Africa: the Golden Years, and Symbiose. Also in great demand over the past 25 years as a studio musician and producer, he has recorded with many of the significant Congolese artists of the era. In 1982, taking advantage of the presence in Paris of old friends Nyboma Mwan'Dido, Bopol Mansiamina and Wuta Mayi, they formed the Quatre Etoiles du Zaire (Four Stars), releasing their first album on the Afro Rythme label, which opened the path to great success. Five albums followed, and many tours throughout Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, the U.S. and Canada, making the group one of the pillars of the highly popular soukous music of the era. In 1988 he joined forces with Passi Jo and J.P. Ramazani for a side project called Kass Kass, which also recorded several albums of
dance-floor soukous.

In 2000, producer Ibrahima Sylla approached Syran to propose a new direction for Congolese music that would draw from the early foundation of rumba with acoustic guitars and accordion. The new group, Kekele, featured Syran and veteran guitarist Papa Noel Nedule, and a lineup of four seasoned singers: Loko Massengo, Bumba Massa, Nyboma, Wuta Mayi.

The first album, Rumba Congo (2001), was a risky and radical departure from the prevailing ndombolo music from Kinshasa, but it won many converts and began to draw attention to the group. The second recording, Congo Life (2004), solidified the style, which acknowledges the past Congo masters but expands and interprets the music for the 21st century, and received great critical acclaim. Kinavana, the third album, released in 2006, explores the connections between the music of Cuba and the Congo.

Today, Syran M'Benza is widely acknowledged as one of Africa's finest and most accomplished guitarists. The BBC's Andy Kershaw commented in 2005: "Kekele, the cream of rumba veterans from the ... Congo - make the most exquisite music. Eric Clapton isn't fit to tune the strings of their lead guitarist, Syran Mbenza."

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[William J. Malecela]

Above: Wuta Mayi, Loko Massengo, Nyboma Mwan'dido [vocalists], Deba Sungu on congas, Syran Mbenza, Rigo Star [seated], guitarists

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[William J. Malecela]

Mzee Kitonzengu Makassy: Orch. Makassy.

Mzee Makassy formed the band Orchestra Makassy in Uganda and in 1975 the group left for Tanzania and took up residency at the New Africa Hotel in Dar-es-Salaam. Mose Se Fan Fan, a solo artist at the New Africa, joined the band and together they recorded a number of tracks for Radio Tanzania some of which turned up on a Retroafric compilation. They also recorded an album for Virgin records in Kenya but soon after the LP was released the band fell apart, with Mose Se Fan Fan and Remmy Ongala forming their own splinter groups.

A reissue of Makassy's material focusing on the Agwaya LP recorded for Virgin did find its way to CD a while back. Unfortunately the care taken by labels such as Blood and Fire, Numero, Soundway and others was missing and a number of song titles were incorrect and tracks that should have been on the release were omitted.

Anyway all this is beside the point. What I wanted to share with you today is the recording that will always be key to unlocking my heart to African rumba - Makassy's cassette recording that was passed on to me from Jumbo at Eathworks in London in 1983. Enjoy!

Munsemba Makassy: Mtoto wa Mzee Makassy kwa wale tuliokuwa hatukosi huko kwa muziki wa Mzee Makassy, mtakumbuka baada ya Assosa kujitoa bendi hii, ilishikwa na huyu dogo aliyekua anasoma Azania Secondary, akishirkiana na Malik Star, unaukumbuka ule kile kibao chao cha mwaka "Comarade Mugabe" hakikuwa na mfano mpaka leo, beti ya pili ilikuwa inaenda kama hivi:-

" Pamberi ne ZANU eeeh! pamberi ne jongwe, pamberi ne kobanzala imasimba eeewanu, pamberi ne ZaNU eeeh sentralee camitteee, pamberi ne kobanzala emasetu wee Mugabe" aaaaghhhrrr!

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[William J. Malecela]

My name is Tabia Mwanjelwa. I born 1960 in my home town Mbeya Tanzania Africa. My mother ,my uncle and my grandfather was traditional singer and dancer.When I was ten years old I start to sing and play conga in the Nsongwi School Uyole Mbeya. It is a smale village in Uyole Tanzania. There I used to teach my friends how to play conga and dance.My first group in Tanzania was Maquis Du Zaire there i become the first singerin. Sometimes i played with Remi Ungala, King kiki,fire familie.

We played not only in Tanzania , but also in Zambia, Botzwana and Kenia. Today I play my self composed songs with my guitar and I live in Germany. In this world i want that the people take care for the children. Children are ouer hope and future. "In this world we come to learn and to understand." Tabia.


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[William J. Malecela]

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[William J. Malecela]

Aliyekuwa Entertainer maarufu katika anga za Radio kwa mwendo wa kizazi kipya nchini, Marehemu Mbunge, Amina Chifupa, Mungu amlaze pema peponi.

- Long Live Amina!

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[William J. Malecela]

Mwanamuziki gwiji mpiga Gitaa la Solo wa ex.Maquis Original ya mjini Dar-Es-Salaam Kahanga Dekula' Vumbi'Anatarajia kuwasili Dar tarehe 02.Oktoba kwa mwaliko wa Kampuni Clouds Entertainments .Maestro Vumbi ataungana na magwiji wenzake akina Kanku Kelly,Tshimanga Assosa,Mafumu Bilali,Keppy Kiombile...n.k

katika Ukumbi wa Police Officers Mess Osterbay Dar-Es-Salaam ,Maestro anatarajia kufurahisha wapenzi wake na mitindo mipya na ya zamani; Kamanyola,Ogelea piga mbizi,Zembwela,Sendemaa,Washawasha,Sultan Qaboos na uzinduzi wa CD yake mpya'RUMALIZA'.kaa chonjo... mcheza kwao hutunzwa.

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[William J. Malecela]

"Soul Makossa" is a [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_in_music"]1972[/ame] single by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon"]Cameroonian[/ame] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makossa"]makossa[/ame] saxophonist [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Dibango"]Manu Dibango[/ame]. It is often cited as one of the first [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco"]disco[/ame] records.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference">[2]</sup> In 1972 [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mancuso"]David Mancuso[/ame] found a copy in a Brooklyn West Indian record store and often played it at his [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Loft"]Loft[/ame] parties.<sup id="cite_ref-beat_2-0" class="reference">[3]</sup> The response was so positive that the few copies of "Soul Makossa" in New York City were quickly bought up.<sup id="cite_ref-beat_2-1" class="reference">[3]</sup> The song was subsequently played heavily by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Crocker"]Frankie Crocker[/ame], who DJed at [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBLS"]WBLS[/ame], then New York's most popular black radio station.<sup id="cite_ref-beat_2-2" class="reference">[3]</sup> Since the original was now unfindable, at least 23 groups quickly released cover versions to capitalize on the demand for the record.<sup id="cite_ref-beat_2-3" class="reference">[3]</sup>



Atlantic eventually licensed the song from the French record label Fiesta.<sup id="cite_ref-beat_2-4" class="reference">[3]</sup>[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Marsh"]Dave Marsh[/ame] wrote that it was "the only African record by an African" to crack the top 40.<sup id="cite_ref-heart_3-0" class="reference">[4]</sup> At one point there were nine different versions of the song in the Billboard chart.<sup id="cite_ref-world_4-0" class="reference">[5]</sup> It became "a massive hit" internationally as well.<sup id="cite_ref-world_4-1" class="reference">[5]</sup> Their release of it peaked at #35 on the Billboard chart in 1973; in 1999 "Soul Makossa" was originally recorded as a B-side for "Mouvement Ewondo," a song about Cameroon's [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football"]association football[/ame] team.<sup id="cite_ref-world_4-2" class="reference">[5]</sup>


It is probably best remembered for the chanted vocal [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrain"]refrain[/ame] "Mama-se, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa", which was also used in [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson"]Michael Jackson[/ame]'s 1982 "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (albeit in a different key with a not-so-monophonic melody) during the song's final bridge. It is also sampled in the hip hop song "Face Off" by artist Jay-Z on his album In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 as well as the single "Don't Stop the Music" by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihanna"]Rihanna[/ame].



The song is also sampled on the intro to [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carnival"]The Carnival[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyclef_Jean"]Wyclef Jean[/ame]'s first solo album. The phrase "ma ma say ah, ma ma coo sah" also appears in the fourth verse of the song "Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts)" by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tribe_Called_Quest"]A Tribe Called Quest[/ame], and in "Mama Say," the debut single by the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodhound_Gang"]Bloodhound Gang[/ame]. "Makossa" means "(I) dance" in [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duala_language"]Duala[/ame], a [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon"]Cameroonian[/ame] language.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference">[6]</sup>


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[William J. Malecela]

Founded in 1964 Juwata is the oldest band currently active in Tanzania today and has been one of the most prominent groups ever since.

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[William J. Malecela]

Wakulu mnazikumbuka hizi enzi za santuri kwa mwendo wa kuruka pale Kariakoo, ahggrrrr!

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[William J. Malecela]

Mkuu FMES

Katika picha hizi sioni sura ya Mzee Issa Matona, inawezekana huyo ni mtoto wake lakini siyo yule wa KIMASOMASO ninayemfahamu,.

- Sawa sawa mkuu, lakini hii nimeipata mahali as him sasa sina uhakika sana.

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[Kekuye]

Heshima kwako mkuu FMEs pamoja na wengine kwa kutukumbusha kuhusu wanamuziki wa Afrika. Ningependa kuwaongezea pia hawa ingawaje sina picha wala taarifa zao. Mariam Makeba na vibao vyake kama Malaika na Pata pata; Angelique Kidjo; Kilimanjaro Band-Wana Njenje; Bi Kidude, Hugh Masekela; na Mory Kante.

 

[Baba_Enock]

Huu wimbo umefanana sana yaani kasoro maneno tu na lugha na wimbo wa Caiphus Semenya & Letta Mbulu uitwao everybody sing along. Huu unaweza kuusikiliza hapa: http://www.amazon.fr/Thalassa-collection-Afrique-Sud-Cap/dp/B00005UV78

Kuna wimbo ambao nimegundua juzijuzi kuwa Marijan Shaaban alichukua beats zake ni huu hapa chini. Huu unafanana sana na wimbo wa Mayasa unavyoanza.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSrklNeDwNM

Mzee wa Arusha Tech,

Wengine vipindi vya French tulikuwa tunatoroka kupitia madirishani!

Hizo link za nyimbo nimeshindwa kujua nibofye wapi kusikiliza.

FMES - SENKSI SO MACH! Uminikumbusha mbali saaaaaana - Tukiwa na MA-PLEYA - early seventiiez

 

[Baba_Enock]

Mohammed Issa Matona

Jamani Kuna MUHOGO! - Hiki kitu nilikipenda saaaaaaaana

 

[Ghati Makamba]

Ahsante kwa kutufanya kuikumbuka enzi na pengine kutusaidia wengine kuziona walau picha za Fahali ya Utamaduni wetu.

 

[Balantanda]

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[Balantanda]

Kichuguu,

Ndiyo maana nikauliza kwa sababu moja kubwa sana. Nilikuwa sifahamu/sikumbuki ni mwaka gani hizo nyimbo zimepigwa. Inawezekana kabisa jamaa wakawa wameiga wao kama walichukua baada ya miziki ya Tanzania au hata wote wakawa waliiga kutoka kibendi fulani kidogo sana.

Ule wimbo wa Mayasa vs Byron nilisema ni kile KIPANDE CHA MWANZO tu kama 20 seconds za mwanzo. Kule mbele hazifanani kabisa kabisa.

Wimbo ambao hadi leo nina uhakika Koffi Olomide ali-copy ni huu aliimba Max Bushoke sina uhakika na bendi gani ila anaimba "Kiu ya jibu mamaa, ndiyo inisumbuaayo. Natafuta jibu litakalonirushia? furaha, nimechoka kulala macho na kuota ndoto za alinacha...." Huu pekee nina uhakika kuwa ulipigwa kwanza Tanzania na baadaye Koffi akaja akapiga.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfoxX7jZwtc&feature=related

(Anzia 0:20. Beats zake ni sawa kabisa na huo wa Chidumule. Labda ni bahati mbaya).

Kwa Koffi Olomide, hii album yenye wimbo huu (Noblesse Oblige) kwangu inbaki milele kuwa THE BEST OF KOFFI OLOMIDE. Ila kila album kulikuwa na wimbo wa kukata na shoka. Kama Civilise, Coucou, Loi, etc////

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[Balantanda]

Vijana Jazz Band




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- Hii ni bendi ya Vijana Jazz, iliyokuwa bendi ya umoja wa vijana wa Tanu na baadaye CCM, ilianzishwa na Mzee John Ondolo, baadaye ikaja kuwika sana na kiongozi wake Hemedi Maneti "Chiriku", pamoja na mpiga solo wake maarufu sana Hamza Kalala "Komandoo".

- Vijana Jazz waliwahi kupiga vibao maarufu sana enzi hizo kama "Kuruka Ukuta", "Zuhura", "Salima", "Chiku", "Operation Maduka" na zinginezo kama "Amba Baharia". Mungu amuweke pahali pema peponi marehemu Maneti.

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FMEs!

http://http://www.eastafricantube.com/media/3525/tambiko-vijana_jazz/

 

[Balantanda]

Vijana Jazz Band




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- Hii ni bendi ya Vijana Jazz, iliyokuwa bendi ya umoja wa vijana wa Tanu na baadaye CCM, ilianzishwa na Mzee John Ondolo, baadaye ikaja kuwika sana na kiongozi wake Hemedi Maneti "Chiriku", pamoja na mpiga solo wake maarufu sana Hamza Kalala "Komandoo".

- Vijana Jazz waliwahi kupiga vibao maarufu sana enzi hizo kama "Kuruka Ukuta", "Zuhura", "Salima", "Chiku", "Operation Maduka" na zinginezo kama "Amba Baharia". Mungu amuweke pahali pema peponi marehemu Maneti.

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FMEs!

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