Manu Dibango (born December 12, 1933) is a Camerooniansaxophonist and vibraphone player. He developed a musical style fusing jazz and traditional Cameroonian music. December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone. ... [[image:Luigi Waites PlaysVibraphone. ...
He has collaborated with many musicians, including Fela Kuti, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell and Sly and Robbie. Fela Anikulapo Kuti (b. ... Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is a jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, USA. Hancock is one of jazz musics most important and influential pianists and composers. ... Bill Laswell (born December 2, 1950 in Detroit) is a prolific bassist, producer, and record label owner who has collaborated with hundreds of musicians all over the world. ... Bernie Worrell (born April 19, 1944) is originally from Long Beach, New Jersey but grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. ... Sly and Robbie are probably reggaes most prolific and long lasting production team. ...
His "Soul Makossa" is often considered the first disco record (Jones and Kantonen, 1999). Disco is an up-tempo style of dance music (generally between 110 and 136 beats per minute) that originated in the early 1970s, mainly from funk and soul music, popular with audiences in larger cities all over the world, and derives its name from the French word discothèque (meaning...
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Soul Makossa (1972)
Super Kumba (1976)
Afrovision (1978)
Gone Clear (1980)
Afrijazzy (1986)
Wakafrika (1994)
Reference
Jones, Alan and Kantonen, Jussi (1999) Saturday Night Forever: The Story of Disco. Chicago, Illinois: A Cappella Books. ISBN 1556524110.
Bio: Dibango is Cameroon's, and perhaps Africa's, best-known jazz saxophonist.
In 1960, Dibango was one of the founding members of the Zairean band African Jazz, with whom he spent five years.
World attention came to Dibango with the release in 1972 of Soul Makossa, a work that actually had precious little of the makossa sound in it, and scored later hits with Seventies and Ibida.
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