African Music Forum (AMF)Orchestra Baobab – Pirates Choice
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestra-baobab-pirates-choice-full-album/
Réédité en 2001, puis en 2015 pour les 50 ans d’Orchestra Baobab, c’est l’occasion de redécouvrir Pirates Choice, enregistré à Dakar en 1982.
Orchestra Baobab – Specialist in All Styles
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestra-baobab-specialist-all-styles/
Specialist in All Styles is Orchestra Baobab’s 2002 comeback album, mixing Cuban and West African musics, Congolese rumba and Senegal’s own Mbalax, a subtle fusion, always rooted in traditional music.
#AfroLatino #Documentary #FullAlbum #LiveMusic #Sénégal #OldAfricanMusic
Amadou Balaké – Taximan (n’est pas gentil)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/amadou-balake-taximan-pas-gentil/
The Golden Voice from Burkina Faso in a track that has become a “classic”: Taximan (n’est pas gentil).
The song tells stories about his multiple troubles with cab drivers in Abidjan.
Like the previous post (Maitre Gazonga), most of this music was recorded in Abidjan during the 80s, where so many musicians from various countries […]
The Scorpions & Saif Abu Bakr – Nile Waves
https://amf.didiermary.fr/scorpions-saif-abu-bakr-nile-waves/
From the reissued “Jazz, Jazz Jazz” by The Scorpions with singer Saif Abu Bakr, a studio album recorded while the band was living in Kuwait.
Ameer “Sax” Nasser, who also later played the flute, was one of the bands founding members and was The Scorpions band leader from the early 1970s until they parted ways […]
Alhaji Bai Konte (Documentary)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/alhaji-bai-konte-documentary/
The film, Alhaji Bai Konte (1978), depicts a day-in-the-life of the now-deceased Gambian Mandinka kora virtuoso, Alhaji Bai Konte, shot on location in Brikama, Gambia (plus one scene in Dakar, Senegal), West Africa.
Alhaji Bai Konte’s son, Dembo Konte, accompanies in the performance, and various family members and friends make cameo appearances. [...]
Johnny Clegg & Juluka – Impi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/johnny-clegg-juluka-impi/
Impi is a track from album African Litany in 1981. This is the second studio album for Juluka, with Johnny Clegg, and features lyrics sung in English and Zulu.
The first track, Impi, which became one of the band’s hits, retells the story of the Battle of Isandlwana, won by the Zulu, and was banned […]
Manu Dibango – Senga (1974)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-senga-1974/
From his excellent album “Makossa Man” released on the Atlantic label, this is in fact the second version of “Senga” Manu Dibango recorded, this one with an AfroFunk touch.
The original version comes from his self titled album released in 1971 on Fiesta Records.
Orchestre de l’Université d’Abidjan (OUA) – Pétrole mouillé
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestre-universite-abidjan-oua-petrole-mouille/
Créé dans les années 70-80 en Côte d’Ivoire, pour faire de la musique un élément d’épanouissement intellectuel et artistique des étudiants ainsi qu’un excellent instrument de pacification et d’éveil des consciences, voici l’Orchestre de l’Université d’Abidjan (OUA), groupe mythique de la scène [...]
#70smusic #80smusic #CôteDIvoire #FullAlbum #OldAfricanMusic
Twist à Léo with Manu!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/twist-leopoldville-with-manu/
The year 1960 found Dibango playing the Anges Noirs in Brussels where he met Congolese singer Joseph Kabasele and his African Jazz. Dibango made his first recordings with African Jazz the following year, then joined the band in Congo-Kinshasa for a re-introduction to Africa that would encompass two years, gigs with African Jazz, and jobs […]
Dr Nico & l’African Fiesta Sukisa – Tu m’as déçu Chouchou
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nico-african-fiesta-sukisa-decu-chouchou/
Dr Nico (Nicolas Kasanda) avec l’Orchestre African Fiesta Sukisa — L’Afrique Danse #10 (a compilation of previously released 7″)
