Manu Dibango - Manu 76 [CD]

Soul Makossa

£12.58

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: SMCD7
Barcode: 3760396025052
Release Date: 13 Sep 2024
Genre: International

For the album Manu 76, we are - obviously - in 1976, still in Paris. Four years after his breakthrough on the international scene with his hit Soul Makossa, Manu assembled a prestigious cast of musicians including Jo Tongo on bass, Slim Pezin on guitar, Lucien Dobat (from Kassav) on drums, Alex Francfort on piano and 7-year-old Georgia Dibango as guest vocalist.

This 6-track album traverses styles with ease, from the Soukouss Beats of Bokilo's Boogie and Qui est fou de qui? - Chouchou, to the Afro Boogie Jazz of the highly effective Mimbo, via the rousing Future-Jazz of Mouvement Ewondo or the melancholy Besoka On Salsa, to end in apotheosis with the Afro-Funk bomb Soul Angola. Unquestionably one of the gems in Manu Dibango's repertoire. You be the judge.

TRACKLISTING
1. Qui est fou de qui ? - Chouchou
2. Bokilo’s Boogie
3. Mimbo
4. Mouvement Ewondo
5. Besoka On Salsa
6. Angola