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Last Band Standing

Last Band Standing

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Strut present the first ever new international studio album by one of the all-time great African big bands,* Orchestre Les Mangelepa. Comprising Congolese musicians who settled in Kenya,* Les Mangelepa helped drive the East African evolutionary spur of one of the greatest musical artforms,* African rumba,* during the 1970s. Prior to their formation,* in the late 1960s,* future members of Les Mangelepa were part of Baba Gastons band,* LOrchestre Baba Nationale,* based in Lubumbashi in the Eastern Congo. During the 60s and 70s,* Congolese Rumba had become the dominant musical force across Africa ad Nairobi became a magnet since PolyGram,* EMI and other international companies had studios and pressing plants in the city. In 1973,* Baba Gastons band recorded in Kenya and relocated there permanently in 1975. Evany *(Kabila Kabanze) and Bwamy Malumona were the bandleaders and held a residency at the Aquarius Club in Ngara but within Baba Nationale there was unhappiness about how Baba Gaston was treating them. A breakaway faction recorded *'Mbungu' and *'Kijana' under the name Les Mangelepa as a side project and a split became inevitable. Led by the Evany and Bwamy,* the majority of the members of Orchestre Baba Nationale soon quit and formed Orchestre Les Mangelepa.
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Release Date:
2017-11-03
Publication Date:
2017-10-27
Publisher:
Strut
Languages:
Original: English
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