Ambiance Congo for Sunday September 28, 2008

Another program featuring classic albums. Here are a few of the album covers.





















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And here is the tracklist:
1)King Kester Emeneya
sebene from DORIS ILOKO (this program's theme song)
from the CD PAS DE CONTACT
Black Music
2)Carlito Lassa
JE DEVIENS MALHEUREUSE
from the LP CARLITO CHANTE: PANGALA
Rythmes et Musique
3)Simaro
TESTAMENT feat. Malage de Lugendo
from the CD VIVEMENT SIMARO MERCI L'ARTISTE
Diego Music
4)M'Pompon Kuleta
LEMBI
from the LP CONSEIL PEMBELE
Tsavo Records
5)Cuivre Nawesi
LOKOLO
from the LP CUIVRE NAWESI ET L'ORCHESTRE SYMBA
Production Mami'n'do
6)Pepe Kalle
JEUDI NOIR *
from the CD LE PHENOMENAL PEPE KALLE
Babi Productions
7)Des-Desouza
BAMELI PEMA
from the CD ZERO UN
Production 2 Mizik
8)Tabu Ley & LÓrchestre Afrisa International
FEMME DÁUTRUI *
from the LP FEMME DÁUTRUI
Genidia
9)Bozi Boziana
MA DOUCE ETOILE
from the CD L' HEURE DE VERITE
Naelis Music
10)Choc Stars *
CHERIE NANGAI
from the LP CHOC STARS
Rythmes Et Musique
11)Nzaya-Nzayadio
MOZIKI EMATA (feat. Master Mwana Congo*)
from the LP MOBEMBO / MOZIKI EMATA
Anytha-Ngapy/Ets. Mayala
12)Theo Blaise Kounkou
GEMILE (feat. Master Mwana Congo*)
from the LP GEMILE
Edition TBK Likembe
13)Moro Maurice Beya et The Best de Kinshasa
MAMAN NA TRESOR
from the LP CHANGEZ CHANGEZ
Disco Stock
14)Papa Wemba & Viva La Musica
SIGNORINA
from the LP PAPA WEMBA ET L'ORCHESTRE VIVA LA MUSICA
P-Vine/Pili-Pili

*=by request

Six Sax Sets

So far, the features here have been on guitarists and vocalists.

It's about time we gave a listen to a few saxophonists. The sax has been the backbone of the horn section in Congolese music for much of the music's history. There have been a number of extraordinary saxophonists, but I've featured six here this time with tracks from some of their solo albums.

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Let's start with Moro Maurice Beya, a.k.a. Moro Beya Maduma.I'm starting with him for a couple of pretty arbitrary reasons. The first is that the title cut of this LP is a real classic that just cries out to be played as loud as you can stand it.

I'm also featuring this album first because in my earlier post "Lassissi Presente..." I forgot to add a track from this great album.

Arguably, Verckys Kiamuangana should have been seen first on this page. One of the great saxophonists with a career of that now spans well over four decades, Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta also was instrumental in producing Zairean music beginning in the 1970s.

His latest CD was released just this year, but let's hear a killer track from this LP.

The song included from this session is DADA.

Verckys worked with Franco & the T.P. O.K. Jazz as did Sax Matalanza. You can also hear Matalanza on the AMBIANCE A KASAVOUGOU album featured in the Laasissi Presente post.

If you enjoyed MAMEMA from Moro Maurice, I think you'll like GENEROSE by Sax Matalanza from his solo LP called LOLOMBO.

The next song is by Empompo Loway who worked with Franco's brother Bavon Marie-Marie and later with Docteur Nico.

Included here is ZUNGULUKE from his solo album called "84".

Across the river in Brazzaville, no saxman has a bigger name than "Trois S" Jean-Serge Essous.

One of the founders of Les Bantous de la Capitale, Essous also lent his saxophone stylizations to sessions by many others and issued a number of solo albums.

Here is the title cut from PHILOSOPHIE.

"Fefe" David Diambouana, also from Congo Brazzaville, put out a couple of albums with Master Mwana Congo on guitar on Eddy Gustave's label. Eddy Gustave was also a saxman, from Guadeloupe, who later produced Congolese records.

From Fefe's self-titled album, our last song is NGOMBELE.

Ambiance Congo for September 14, 2008

Les Bantous de la Capitale!
Tune in for another program that features the music of this great band.
This time around, we'll hear songs primarily from the 70s and 80s.
The program will start with a track from their 2007 CD, then we''l go back in time to hear the vocal artistry of Pamelo Mounk'a and Kosmos Moutouari. We'll hear all this on CD, LP and 45 RPM.












We'll also hear from groups that broke away in the 70s: Le Peuple and Bantous "Monument"as well as some solo ventures by members of the band.
Where? http://www.wrir.org/ When? Sunday 3:00-5:00 PM











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Here is the track list
1)King Kester Emeneya
sebene from DORIS ILOKO (this program's theme song)
from the CD: PAS DE CONTACT
Black Music
2)Les Bantous De La Capitale
A MON AVIS
from the CD: BAKOLO MBOKA
Cyrique Bassoka Productions
3)Les Bantous De La Capitale
COMPTE SUR MOIfrom the 45 RPM single
Pathe / EMI
4)Les Bantous
QUERIDA PAOLA *
from the LP: LA RENAISSANCE
Music Press
5)Les Bantous De La Capitale
AVE MARIA LIMBISA
from the LP: LES BANTOUS DE LA CAPITALE BAKOLO MBOKA
Bade Stars Music
6)Orchestre Le Peuple
MOSSA-TAZOS 1 & 2
from the LP: ORCHESTRE LE PEUPLE
Pathe Marconi
7)Les Bantous Monument
INOUSSA
from the LP: LES BANTOUS "MONUMENT"
Sonodisc
8)Pamelo Mounk'a
DJIMO IVI *
from the CD: PAMELO MOUNK'A ET LES BANTOUS DE LA CAPITALE
Sonodisc
9)Les Bantous De La Capitale
BRAZZA LE VERT
from the LP: SPECIAL CENTENAIRE DE BRAZZAVILLE 1880-1980
MP
10)Orchestre Les Bantous De La Capitale
NZO ZA SUEKA NSAMU
from the LP: SPECIAL 20eme ANNIVERSIARE
Musi-Club
11)Les Bantous De La Capitale
C'EST TROP TARD CHERIE
from the LP: BAKOLO M'BOKA VOL.1
IAD
12)Samba Mascott *
JULIE OKANGI MOTEMA
from the LP: MAYANGILA
Sedim
13)Le Bombardier Yamp'pouela Du Pool
MIREILLE, SEUL MOI QUI PEUT TE SUPPORTER
from the LP: TOI POUR MOI, MOI POUR TOI
K-Dance
14)Jean Serge Essous (3S)
SALISA NGAI
from the LP: SALISA NGAI
Black And White Music

*=by request

Ambiance Congo for August 31, 2008

I am posting after the program this time...

The program's first hour was a mix of older and newer music, starting off with a track from this great album by Djo Mpoyi.

The set included these newer CDs as well.

The second hour was devoted to requests received to hear the music of the late "Pasteur"Mopero wa Maloba and also from Dona Mobeti, with whom Mopero recorded in the 1970s. In this edition you will hear the original version of Mobeti's KADETTI 1 & 2 and, thanks to Mr.T in The Netherlands, a wonderful extended track from the 1980 reunion of Mopero and Mobeti.

You may download the program here for a limited time. After that, please find it in the Audio Archives.

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