BUMBA MASSA- L'Argent et la Femme- Vinyl LP- African, Congolese, Zaire, Soukous
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Description
Outer sleeve VG- (see photos). Vinyl VG-. Shows signs of play, but in good condition overall with some surface noise. Tested and plays great! Central African, Congolese, Soukous, High Life, African dance groove! Get dancing! Great DJ record. Sold as is pictured
Biography
Best-known for his work with the super-group Kékélé, the honey-voiced Bumba Massa is one of the great unsung heroes of '80s Congo/Zaïre music. Born in Kinshasa in 1945, in 1963 he founded Orchestre Cubana Jazz with Empopo Loway and Siongo Bavon Marie-Marie, the younger brother of Luambo Makiadi Franco. He then progressed to work alongside Johnny Bokelo in Conga '68 and with Vicky Longomba in Lovy du Zaïre, before joining Franco's TPOK Jazz in 1976.
Bumba Massa launched his career as a solo artist in 1978 with a tour of West Africa, ending with the release in 1981 of Gare à Toi Mon Ami in Ivory Coast. Despite a number of outstanding releases like l'Argent et la Femme and Dovi in subequent years, Massa was unable to really "break through" on the international scene (l'Argent et la Femme did receive some limited distribution by Brooklyn's African Record Centre) until 2001, when Kékélé's first recording Rumba Congo (Sterns STCD 1093) brought the sounds of classic Congo music to a new generation.
Bumba Massa – L'Argent Et La Femme
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Label:
Disco Stock – DS 7934Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, StereoCountry:
FranceReleased:
1982Genre:
Folk, World, & CountryStyle:
African, Soukous A1 L'Argent Et La Femme A2 Africa Music B1 Confession B2 Mbanda Akoma Television- Recorded At – Otodi Studio
- Mixed At – Studio Caroline
- Printed By – SNA
- Chorus – Akoffa A.*
- Written-By, Vocals, Art Direction – Bumba Massa
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