Manu Dibango, renowned jazz artist, dies of coronavirus complications at age 86

[dik cashmere]

Jazz great Manu Dibango, best known for his 1972 hit “Soul Makoosa,” has died from complications of the coronavirus, according to a statement on his official Facebook page.
“It is with deep sadness that we announce the loss of Manu Dibango, our Papy Groove, who passed away on 24th of March 2020, at 86 years old, further to covid 19,” it said.
“His funeral service will be held in strict privacy, and a tribute to his memory will be organized when possible,” the message added.
The Cameroon-born singer and saxophonist died in a hospital near Paris, according to his music publisher Thierry Durepaire, Agence France-Presse reported.
The artist, who inspired “world music” in the 1970s, was one of the pioneers of Afro jazz and also fused funk with traditional music from Cameroon.
His biggest hit was the B-side of a song to support the Cameroon soccer team in the African Cup of Nations but was picked up by New York DJs.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost...s-of-coronavirus-complications-at-age-86/amp/

 

[dik cashmere]

 

[Nzinga]

Was Manu Dibango a Jazz artist? He learned his craft in the DRC?

 

[Bad Andy]

Was Manu Dibango a Jazz artist? He learned his craft in the DRC?

Manu Dibango would be considered Afro-Jazz along the lines of Fela & Hugh Masekela. I’ve had him in my playlist rotation lately, he truly will he missed. R.I.P.

 

[Nzinga]

Manu Dibango would be considered Afro-Jazz along the lines of Fela & Hugh Masekela. I’ve had him in my playlist rotation lately, he truly will he missed. R.I.P.

Why? Where was the Jazz in the music of Manu Dibango or Fela? Fela called his music Afrobeat, why are you trying to subordinate it to something else?

Hugh Masekela was confused and delusional, in the manner of many black South African musicians then and now.

 

[THE DRIZZY]

RIP.

 

[slewdem100]

RIP

 

[parisian]

his best work was on stage

 

[parisian]

a few examples of famous samplings of his work

 

[Race Harley]

R.I.P.

 

[SIDESHOW]

rip

 

[respiration]

Rest In Peace, Baba

 

[jack walsh13]

Damn. R.I.P

 

[Wobble Wobble]

his best work was on stage

GAT DAMN! The sound that night must have been incredible...

 

[Wobble Wobble]

Respect.

 

[YoungSinister]

Nooooooooooooooooooo
I was blasting New Bell last night while speeding through the city
RIP

 

[dugington]

RIP

 

[Wobble Wobble]

Let me be the first to say it: Yo! HNIC, why the fuck isn't this a sticky? You could not go anywhere in 1973 without "Soul Mokassa"!

From ungrateful BGOLers everywhere, LOL

 

[easy_b]

Rip

 

[HAR125LEM]

Dibango and Ray Mantilla within a few days.
Totally SUCKS for US True Music Fans

https://www.wbgo.org/post/ray-manti...il-both-jazz-and-latin-music-dead-85#stream/0

 

[kefta]

R.I.P.

 

[Wobble Wobble]

Why? Where was the Jazz in the music of Manu Dibango or Fela? Fela called his music Afrobeat, why are you trying to subordinate it to something else? Hugh Masekela was confused and delusional, in the manner of many black South African musicians then and now.

Was Manu Dibango a Jazz artist? He learned his craft in the DRC?

The Congo Bigot strikes again. Here is Emmanuel N'Djoké Dibango to Quincy Jones' online magazine in December 2018: He's writing about his years in France as a boy and young man where - certainly - there were other Africans, the cultural influences for them are from across the Atlantic.

Manu Dibango: “My Dream Was to Go to the Other Side of the Mountain”
By Eric Delhaye 8 December 2018 | World

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How did you first encounter jazz?

On the radio and at high school where some classmates loved it. It was familiar to me, but not perfectly familiar, thanks to church and gospel; the blues came later. The blacks that we saw there were either boxers like Sugar Ray Robinson – or jazzmen. We didn’t yet see African musicians, except perhaps in some dance performances at the Chaillot theater. And there was also the Bal Nègre [cabaret] with West Indian music. But there wasn’t any African music at all, since there were no African workers, and no artists. Only us with our limited folk memories, nothing at all. So, we ended up going down to the cellars in Paris, where we could see the Armstrongs and the Count Basies with whom we identified. They were the only ones and they were at the top.

 

[Nzinga]

The Congo Bigot strikes again. Here is Emmanuel N'Djoké Dibango to Quincy Jones' online magazine in December 2018: He's writing about his years in France as a boy and young man where - certainly - there were other Africans, the cultural influences for them are from across the Atlantic.

Manu Dibango: “My Dream Was to Go to the Other Side of the Mountain”
By Eric Delhaye 8 December 2018 | World

Qwest TV

Qwest TV is Quincy Jones' video streaming network celebrating Black & global music through premium documentaries, concerts, archive gems and interviews. Subscribe, watch live and join the community.

qwest.tv

How did you first encounter jazz?

On the radio and at high school where some classmates loved it. It was familiar to me, but not perfectly familiar, thanks to church and gospel; the blues came later. The blacks that we saw there were either boxers like Sugar Ray Robinson – or jazzmen. We didn’t yet see African musicians, except perhaps in some dance performances at the Chaillot theater. And there was also the Bal Nègre [cabaret] with West Indian music. But there wasn’t any African music at all, since there were no African workers, and no artists. Only us with our limited folk memories, nothing at all. So, we ended up going down to the cellars in Paris, where we could see the Armstrongs and the Count Basies with whom we identified. They were the only ones and they were at the top.

where does it say he played Jazz? Furthermore, is his experience not true of all African musicians at the time? In the end, I do not care for his music; never did.

 

[PussyMan]

How about Manu Dibango played Makossa ?
Makossa is a noted Cameroonian popular urban musical style. Like much other late 20th century music of Sub-Saharan Africa, it uses strong electric bass rhythms and prominent brass. In the 1980s makossa had a wave of mainstream success across Africa and to a lesser extent abroad.
Makossa, which means "(I) dance" in the Douala language,[1] originated from a Douala dance called the kossa. Emmanuel Nelle Eyoum started using the refrain kossa kossa in his songs with his group "Los Calvinos". The style began to take shape in the 1950s though the first recordings were not seen until a decade later. There were artists such as Eboa Lotin, Misse Ngoh and especially Manu Dibango, who popularised makossa throughout the world with his song "Soul Makossa" in 1972. The chant from the song, mamako, mamasa, maka makossa, was later used by Michael Jackson in "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" in 1983. Many other performers followed suit. The 2010 World cup also brought makossa to the international stage as Shakira sampled the Golden Sounds popular song "Zamina mina (Zangalewa)".
Makassi is a lighter style of makossa. ...from wikipedia

 

[Paul1970]

R.I.P.

 

[mangobob79]

RIP !! A TRUE AFRIKAN GIANT!!

 

[dik cashmere]

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Rest in peace.

Manu Dibango dies, aged 86, from coronavirus in France

World-famous singer and saxophonist Manu Dibango has died from a coronavirus infection at the age of 86 in France, his management team said on Tuesday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Manu Dibango - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Albums

• Manu Dibango (1968)
• Saxy Party (1969)
• O Boso (1971) London/PolyGram Records
• Soma Loba (1971)
• Soul Makossa (1972) Fiesta Records (France), London Records (UK and Canada), Atlantic Records (US)
• African Voodoo (1972)
• Africadelic (1973)
• Blue Elephant (1973)
• Makossa Man (1974) Atlantic Records released as Pêpê Soup on Decca Records
• African Funk (1974)
• Makossa Music (1975) Creole Records, licensed from Société Française du Son
• African Rhythm Machine (1975)
• Countdown at Kusini O.S.T. (1975) D.S.T. Telecommunications, Inc.
• Manu 76 (1976) Decca/PolyGram Records
• Super Kumba (1976) Decca/PolyGram Records
• The World of Manu Dibango (1976) Decca Records
• Ceddo O.S.T (1977) Fiesta Records
• L'Herbe Sauvage O.S.T. (1977) Fiesta Records
• Disque D'Or (1977)
• A l'Olympia (1978) Fiesta Records – a live double album
• Anniversaire Au Pays (1978) Fiesta Records
• Afrovision (1978) Mango/Island/PolyGram Records
• Sun Explosion (1978) Decca/PolyGram Records
• Le Prix De La Liberte (1978) Fiesta Records
• Big Blow (1978) Derby Records – re-issue of Afrovision with a track from L'Herbe Sauvage OST and the extended single version of the song Soul Makossa
• Gone Clear (1979) Mango/Island/PolyGram Records
• Ses Plus Grands Succes (1979)
• Home Made (1979) African Records
• Ambassador (1981) Mango/Island/PolyGram Records
• Waka Juju (1982) Polydor/PolyGram Records
• Mboa (1982) Sonodisc/Afrovision
• Soft And Sweet (1983) Garima Records
• Deliverance (1983) AfroVision Records
• Surtension (1984)
• Electric Africa (1985) Celluloid
• Afrijazzy (1986) Enemy Records
• Négropolitaines, Vol.1 (1989)
• Deliverance (1989) Afro Rhythmes
• Happy Feeling (1989) Stern's
• Rasta Souvenir (1989) Disque Esperance – a reissue of Gone Clear & Ambassador (compilation)
• Polysonik (1991)
• Bao Bao (1992)
• Negropolitaines, Vol.2 (1992)
• Autoportrait (1992)
• Live '91 (1994) Stern's Music
• Wakafrika (1994) Fnac Music/Giant/Warner Bros. Records
• Lamastabastani (1996) Musicrama
• Sax & Spirituals (1996)
• Papa Groove: Live '96 (1996)
• African Soul – The Very Best Of Manu Dibango (1997) Mercury (compilation)
• Manu Safari (1998)
• CubAfrica (Cuarteto Patria with Eliades Ochoa) (1998)
• Mboa' Su – Kamer Feelin' (1999)
• Collection Legende (1999)
• Anthology (2000) (compilation)
• The Very Best of Manu Dibango: Afrosouljazz From The Original Makossa Man (2000) (compilation)
• Kamer Feelin' (2001)
• B Sides (2002)
• Dance With Manu Dibango (2002)
• Africadelic: The Very Best Of Manu Dibango (2003) (compilation)
• From Africa (2003) Blue Moon
• Lion of Africa (2007) – live album including bonus DVD
• African Woodoo (2008) from tracks recorded between 1971 and 1975 for cinema, TV, and advertising.
• Choc'n'Soul (2010) features Sly and Robbie
• Afro Funk (2010)
• Afro Soul Machine (2011) (compilation)
• Past Present Future (2011) features "Soul Makossa 2.0" with vocals performed by Wayne Beckford
• Ballad Emotion (2011) (mostly jazz standards)
• Africa Boogie (2013)
• Aloko Party (2013)
• Lagos Go Slow (2013)
• Balade En Saxo (2013)

Contributing artist

• Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World (1999) World Music Network
• The Rough Guide to African Disco (2013) World Music Network

As sideman
With T-Bone Walker

• Good Feelin' (Polydor, 1969)