Condition: Used
Manu Dibango - O Boso - Soul Makossa
Label: London Records
Catalog#: DL 3006
Format: Vinyl, LP
Stereophonic
Vinyl: VG+ VG++, several light scuffs
Cover: VG+ has light ring wear and light wear to edges and corners
Country: Canada issue
Released: 1972
Genre: Jazz
Style: Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz-Funk
Tracklisting:
A1 Soul Makossa 4:25
A2 New Bell (Hard Pulsation) 6:51
A3 Nights In Zeralda 4:38
A4 Hibiscus 6:23
B1 Dangwa (Three Points) 6:00
B2 Wild Man In The City 4:20
B3 O Boso 5:23
B4 Ngosso 2:50
Credits:
Bass - Long Manfred
Drums - Joby Jobs
Guitar - Pierre Zogo
Guitar [Electric] - Jerry Malekani
Percussion - Freddy Mars
Percussion [Tumba] - Manu Rodanet
Piano - Georges Arvanitas , Patrice Galas
Saxophone - Manu Dibango
Makossa is a type of music which is most popular in urban areas in Cameroon. It is similar to soukous, except it includes strong bass rhythm and a prominent horn section.....Dibango which popularised it to the world with his song "Soul Makossa" which came out in the early '70s with the famous chant 'mamako, mamasa, maka makossa', which was later used by singers such us Michael Jackson in "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", Eminem in "Doe Rae Me", Rihanna in "Don't Stop The Music"...
Manu Dibango is a Saxophonist from Cameroon. Originally trained in classical piano, his musical career began in Brussels and Paris in the 1950s. His international breakthrough came in 1972 with Soul Makossa. He is extraordinarily versatile, having played almost every style of music you care to mention - soul, reggae, jazz, spirituals, blues, electro.
He has collaborated with many musicians, including Fela Kuti, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Sly and Robbie.
His Soul Makossa is often considered the first early disco record.
When David Mancuso officially kicked off his legendary downtown loft parties in 1970, the idea was to cover his rent, show off his audiophile-approved Klipschorn speakers, and play some of his favorite tunes for friends. The invitations stated “Love Saves the Day,” and, decades later, the phrase served as the title of Tim Lawrence’s loving book about the origins of New York’s underground dance scene. The book’s ’70s subject matter, Mancuso, and “The Loft” have all had major post-millennial comebacks as a new generation of clubbers raised on jackrabbit beats searched for deeper climes.
Nevertheless, the shadow Mancuso cast in the ’70s still looms today. He’s credited with helping to break 1972’s “Soul Makossa,” by Manu Dibango, believed the first chart hit to have come directly from the DJ-driven club scene. Mancuso and his generation of New York spinners – he estimates there were about 30 in the early ’70s – also showcased orchestral Philadelphia International soul that laid the ground for disco. Ironically, it was the backlash against subsequent, cookie-cutter disco that helped give birth to the loop-crazed underground dance music of today, its head rebelliously buried in the speakers
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