Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Bantous



I'm sorry I missed the tour of Les Bantous (de la Capitale) last year. It was the last time Jean Serge Essous performed; he passed away last year in Brazzaville. The Bantous were integral to much of the music that came out of Congo: OK Jazz, Rock-A-Mambo, Ryco Jazz, Negro Jazz, ...

Here's a not-so-old album (early 1980s) with 4 classic grooves.

Les Bantous - Bilanda-landa Mabe
Les Bantous - Dege
Les Bantous - Osala Ngai Nini
Les Bantous - Querida Paola

1 comment:

joe said...

Pieter; Many thanks for this and the previous recent Congolese posts. I am really enjoying these.

Front and back scans for this LP can be found at:

http://vibesdafrique.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=3&action=display&thread=804

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