The Case of the Next Night at Club Safari
Time again for me to heat up your ears with some sweet and spicy Afro-Latin sounds. Today's buffet samples music ranging from the late 50s through the mid 80s. There is a focus on The Congo today, but lots of other sounds from Angola, Cape Verde, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and even Gabon!
Show kicks off today with old-timey sounds; some folky bits, and some unapologetic vamps on calypso and jazz themes. Plenty of sentimental charm here.
The show then turns into some more straightforward takes on Latin standards... including some recognizable Latin melodies. Then we will see how that Latin sound was morphed into Congolese Rumba, one of the earliest indigenously-inspired popular music forms in sub-Saharan Africa.
I kick off the second hour today with one of my typical swoons into slow-jam territory. We will hear some African boleros before we begin turning back uptempo with some mid-tempo soukous from the early 70s Congo scene. Closing out the set today with uptempo Afro-Latin, including one of my early favorite tracks from Senegal's Orchestre Baobab as well as a smokin' hot salsa rarity from Amara Toure with Massako.
- 12:02pm Elisa by Laurent Lomande on The World is Shaking (Honest Jons)
- 12:05pm Maria da Luz by N'Gola Ritmos on single (Alvorada)
- 12:08pm Mi Cancion by Orchestre Rock-a-Mambo on Souvenirs from Esengo (Planet Ilunga)
- 12:10pm Nho' Ntone Escaderode by Bana e sua Orquestra on single (Pathe)
- 12:12pm Tcha-Tcha-Tcha de mi Amor by Franco & OK Jazz on single (Pathe Marconi)
- 12:15pm Linda Melodia by Luis Morais on Boas Festas (Morabeza Records)
- 12:17pm Verebina by Adou-Elenga on Anthologie Zairoise Vol 2 (private press)
- 12:20pm Donne-Moi ton Sourire by Orchestre de Bouake on Ivoire Retro (Philips (FP))
- 12:24pm Siempre Mi by Rock-a-Mambo on Souvenirs from Esengo (Planet Ilunga)
- 12:26pm Oye Jacquy by Orchestre Rock-a-Mambo on Souvenirs from Esengo (Planet Ilunga)
- 12:28pm Mamaya Ssima by Star Band de Dakar on Star Band de Dakar Vol 1 (Soumbaya Musique)
- 12:31pm Le Lolaye by Star Band de Dakar on Star Band de Dakar Vol. 1 (Soumbaya Musique)
- 12:34pm Matinda Kolemba Ngai Te by Franco & OK Jazz on Merveilles du Passe 1961 (African)
- 12:36pm Mira by Docteur Nico et son Orchestre on L'Afrique Danse No. 5 (African)
- 12:39pm Gualletana by Star Band de Dakar on Star Band de Dakar Vol. 1 (Soumbaya Musique)
- 12:43pm Lolita by Grand Kalle et l'Orchestre African Jazz on Souvenirs from the Congo (Planet Ilunga)
- 12:45pm Mbombo Ya Tshimbalanga by Grand Kalle et l'Orchestre African Jazz on L'Afrique Danse No. 3 (African)
- 12:48pm Bolingo Ya Bougie by Franco & OK Jazz on Bridge Over the Congo (Parlaphone)
- 12:51pm Mamao Oho by Orquestra Cercul Jazz on single (Pathe Marconi)
- 12:54pm Tika Nedeka No Te by Franco & OK Jazz on The Sound of Kinshasa (Original Music)
- 12:57pm Honole by Orchestre Circul Jazz on Bridge Over the Congo (Parlaphone)
- 1:02pm Dez Mandamentos by Bana e sua Orquestra on single (Pathe)
- 1:05pm B.B.B. by Kwami et son Orchestre on L'Afrique Danse No. 3 (African)
- 1:08pm Sigala by Star Band de Dakar on Star Band de Dakar Vol. 1 (Soumbaya Musique)
- 1:11pm Mona Ami by N'Gola Ritmos on single (Alvorada)
- 1:14pm Tika Kobebisa Muana by Franco & OK Jazz on Vicky Kwamy Edo et l'OK Jazz (African)
- 1:16pm Yaye Boye by Idy Diop on Dioubo (N'Dardisc)
- 1:23pm Jolie Nana by Grand Kalle et l'Orchestre African Jazz on L'Afrique Danse No. 3 (African)
- 1:27pm Camarade Ya Kinshasa by Kwami et son Orchestre on L'Afrique Danse No. 3 (African)
- 1:32pm Sukisa Miziki Ya Lokumu by Docteur Nico et son Orchestre on L'Afrique Danse No. 5 (African)
- 1:36pm Sanga Te by Orchestre Laye Thiam on Senegal 70 (Analog Africa)
- 1:40pm Tsia Koi Bon Tchele by Franco & OK Jazz on Les Merveilles du Passe 1963 (African)
- 1:43pm Autorail by Orchestre Baobab on Gouye-Gui National (Productions Syllart)
- 1:49pm Temedy by Massako 84 with Amara Toure on Decollage Imminent (Mas Pro)
- 1:56pm Dissan Na M'Bera by Super Mama Djombo on Golden Afrique Vol. 1 (Network)