Odemba OK All Stars at VUB Brussels
Jos Zimny
heritage of OK Jazz alive and a kicking in Europe played the VUB, Brussels.
The OK Jazz musicians of Odemba OK All Stars, which is led by chef
d'orchestre Dizzy Mandjeku, Nana et Baniel, Seigneur Lokombe, Malage de
Lugendo, Dele Pedro, Didant; Bilolo Musthypia, Mukulu Muinduila and
youngsters Alonzo and Toms did a set which brought the whole audience
dancing and sweating, Ambiance chaud chaud!!!
Odemba OK All Stars gonna tour UK in September. UK audiences be aware of
having your dancing shoes being bon chic or just get yourself in a 'dancing'
condition to the Max.
www.afriasounds.com/odemba.htm
Every show i have seen of forementioned musicians is the Ambiance africaine
which I haven't found elsewhere.
And this is already more than 20 years.
I started for me the imports of OK Jazz records starting 1983 and the show
at Africa Mama : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26zkrSUyjI4&feature=related
then the great shows in Salle Madeleine; Canal Street; Salle Noble.
Shows by Choc Stars, Zaiko Langa FD, Zaiko Langa Langa; Viva La Musica; Les
Champions du Zaire; Les Grand Maquisards, Sam Mangwana; Wenge Musica; Banda
Tropicale etc.. Le Belle Epouque a Bruxelles, Li�ge.
Nowadays u can get the backcatalogue at www.sternsmusic.com or your local
african record store.
This year 20 years after the death of Franco Luambo Makiadi, STernsmusic
pays hommage at Franco & OK Jazz by releasing the FRANCOphonic vol. 2. A
most looked for release this summer for al african music lovers and those
who want/can catch up now with the music that was heard from Freetown,
Liberia and Nairobi/Kenya at the nightclubs, dancehalls.
Odemba the word expressing congolese rumba, belongs to the cultural heritage
of Africa south of the Sahara.
And thanks to Odemba OK All Stars to be experienced, keeping the rumba
congolaise alive and akicking.