Active until 1961 Genres World, Pop | Active from 1957 | |
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Albums Rock-A-Mambo, No. 4 (Mono Version), Les voyous Record labels Eben Entertainment, BNF Collection, AFRO-DESIA, The Restoration Project Similar Jean Serge Essous, Le Grand Kallé, Tino Baroza, Lucie Eyenga, Nico Kasanda | ||
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Orchestre Rock-a-Mambo was an African jazz band from Brazzaville of the 1950s. It was a studio band of the Esengo music studio.
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The band name is a pun with the Kongolese word rocamambu "the one who looks for problems". In a Kongolese folk tale, Rocamambu is a kind of prodigal son, who runs from home and comes back rich.
The band ofnen merged with the musicians from the African Jazz band and sometimes produced recordings under the title ""African Rock".
Discography
Rock-a-Mambo music appears on the following albums and compilations.
EPs
Singles
A large number of singles were recorded by the Esengo studio.
Songs
IyeleBOKOULE BIDAMA - African Master Series Pt1 (Remastered) · 2016
Mi cancionLes voyous · 2014
Les voyousLes voyous · 2014
References
Rock-a-Mambo Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA