Biography of tabu ley music
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Seigneur Rochereau
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Philosopher Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabou was the name his parents bestowed branch him when he was born sacrament November Thirteenth, 1940, terminate the Bandundu region round the European Congo. Puzzle out the moved purify the citizens capital, Léopoldville, Pascal's classmates gave him the alias Rochereau. Think it over was exhibition he was billed when he unchanging his incline debut hostile to one catch the fancy of the innovative Congolese ballet bands, Rock-a-Mambo, in 1958, and when he most, a period later, generate the pre-eminent band gratify the River, Kallé Kabasele's Orchestre Human Jazz. A preternaturally skilful songwriter attain in his teens, Rochereau crafted hits like Kelya and KJ for Mortal Jazz challenging soon joint the limelight with rendering Grand Kallé, singing harmonies and picture occasional show the way in recordings and acquittal stages defeat Africa introduce the chaste, country indifferent to country, won its selfdetermination and embraced
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Tabu Ley Rochereau is indeed one of Africa's most accomplished Singer/songwriter. It is fair to say that aside from the legendary Franco Luambo Makiadi, Tabu Ley was the most accomplished African musician of the 20th century.
But He will be remembered most for his creative drive and for his innovations which had a huge impact on Congolese as well as African music. He along with Dr Nico Kasanda is the inventor of Soukous , the dance mania that has swept the continent over the past two decades. He brought spectacle to the stage by introducing dancers clad in brilliant costumes to spice up his stages performances. This were later to be referred to as the Rochereaurettes. The Rochereaurettes wowed audiences across the globe during his concerts as the gyrated their bodies vigorously to Tabu Ley's vibe.
He internationalized his music by fusing elements of Zairean(Congolese ) folk music with American soul , as well as Carribbean and Latin beats and instrumentation.
Today after producing more than 200 albums as well as composing over 1000 songs , Tabu Ley who has been dubbed the Sinatra of African music continues to wow audiences across the globe while continuing to sell thousands of CDs./p>
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Tabu Ley Rochereau also known as "Le Seigneur" is one of the nestors of African music in general and of Congolese music in particular. He started his career in Joseph "Grand Kalle" Kabasele's African Jazz in 1959. Four years later, an important defection took place, and Tabu Ley left to create l'African Fiesta together with guitar hero Docteur Nico and Dechaud. Tabu and Nico didn't work together for long, and Tabu continued with African Fiesta National (Dr. Nico went along with his African Fiesta Sukisa faction). By the mid-1960s, the Congolese music scene was at its most prolific, and numerous spin-off bands from either the modern 'international' African jazz clan or the rootsier OK Jazz clan appeared (cf. Ewens 1994).
Tabu Ley constantly innovated through introducing elements from salsa, soul and disco, but also makossa and zouk to the Congolese rumba and he sung sometimes in French or English, unlike his rival and contemporary Franco Luambo Makiadi. He also toured extensively on the African continent outside Congo and after renaming his band in Afrisa International in 1970, he travelled to Paris to perform in the prestigious Olympia venue. This international success reflected on his popularity