12-448: (Redirected from African Jazz ) African jazz may refer to: Le Grand Kallé et l'African Jazz , a Congolese band often referred to as "African Jazz" A style of music also known as Ethio-jazz, exemplified by Mulatu Astatke South African jazz , sometimes called "African jazz" Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
24-722: A new band. And dozens of others. Bob W. White Bob W. White is an full professor of social anthropology at the University of Montreal , Quebec , Canada . He is an expert in the Council of Europe 's Intercultural Cities program and the director and founder of the Laboratory for Research on Intercultural Relations (LABRRI) at the University of Montreal. His research interests include intercultural communication, dynamics, and cities; popular culture; French-speaking Africa, particularly
36-456: Is a mixture between Lingala language and French loanwoards, that helped it become a hit both in Congo and outside the country's borders. During its early development, African Jazz maintained a strong rivalry with Leopoldville's other major "rumba orchestra", OK Jazz , led by Franco Luambo Makiadi . The rivalry manifested in a move towards different musical styles by both bands which would define
48-691: The Democratic Republic of the Congo ; immigration policy ; ethnographic fieldwork; public policy ; systems theory ; and pluralism. He is also coordinator of the Network of Municipalities in Immigration and Intercultural Relations of Quebec (RÉMIRI) and is part of a research network between the University of Montreal, the University of Geneva , and the Free University of Brussels . White received his BA in anthropology and international studies from
60-853: The University of California, Santa Cruz . He has been a visiting professor at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris , Cheikh Anta Diop University in Senegal , the International Max Planck Research School for Neurosciences in Germany , and Meiji University in Tokyo . White was awarded the Society for Urban, National and Transnational Anthropology's Anthony Leeds Prize (2009) and
72-692: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1988; his MA from McGill University in 1993; and his PhD in anthropology from McGill in 1998. His PhD dissertation was titled: " Modernity's Spiral: Popular Culture, Mastery and the Politics of Dance Music in Congo-Kinshasa." Following this, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution . On January 1, 2001, he became an assistant professor at
84-480: The mid-1960s with the "more rootsy traditionalist sound" of OK Jazz to illustrate the argument. In July 1963, the African Jazz split with all its musicians leaving to form a new group, African Fiesta , leaving Kallé as African Jazz's only member. In 1966, Kallé reconstructed the band with a new group of musicians and embarked on an overseas tour, but the new group fell apart in 1967–68 with musicians leaving to form
96-564: The title African jazz . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=African_jazz&oldid=1078642807 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Le Grand Kall%C3%A9 et l%27African Jazz Le Grand Kallé et l'African Jazz , often simply referred to as African Jazz ,
108-485: The two schools of Congolese rumba that emerged in the period. African Jazz played an important role in introducing new musicians to the Congolese public. These included Nico Kasanda (known as Docteur Nico) and Tabu Ley Rochereau , both of whom would become important rumba musicians in their own right after the mid-1960s. Anthropologist Bob W. White has compared the "clean, cosmopolitan, modernist sound" of African Jazz by
120-469: Was a popular and extremely influential Congolese rumba band from the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo . Founded in 1953 in Léopoldville (modern-day Kinshasa) under Belgian colonial rule , the band was led by Joseph Kabasele Tshamala, popularly known by his stage name Le Grand Kallé . The group saw its heyday between 1958 and 1962, after which it was hit by defections by its members in 1963. It
132-493: Was briefly revived after 1966. African Jazz emerged from the vibrant urban culture of Léopoldville during the last decade of Belgian rule in the Congo. Its music, driven by members of the rising African middle class , became popular during the move towards independence as an expression of rising national self-confidence. The new musical style, pioneered by the group, brought together foreign musical influences and western instruments with indigenous musical rhythms. The band itself
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#1733093139227144-483: Was created at the initiative of Joseph Kabasele Tshamala, known as Le Grand Kallé , in 1953. The band reached the apogee of its success between 1958 and 1962. Travelling to Belgium in 1960 at the time of negotiations on the Congo's independence , African Jazz was one of the first groups to introduce African popular music into the European market. The band produced the hit " Indépendance Cha Cha " soon afterwards, which
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