President Sangule Lamizana
Grand Kalle And African Jazz
- Artist
- Grand Kalle And African Jazz
- Label
- Cité Musicale Africaine
- Catalog number
- CMA 15
- Format
- 7" · 45 RPM · Single
- Country
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- Released
- 1967
- Genre
- Jazz
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Released in 1967 on the Cité Musicale Africaine label, this recording serves as a musical tribute to Sangoulé Lamizana, who served as the President of Upper Volta, now known as Burkina Faso. The track was produced during a period of intense post-independence nation-building in West Africa, where popular musicians frequently composed praise songs for political figures to navigate the complex social and political transitions of the era.
Grand Kalle, born Joseph Kabasele, was a central figure in the development of Congolese rumba and the wider African music scene. As the leader of African Jazz, Kalle was known for his sophisticated arrangements and lyrical focus on pan-African themes. This particular composition reflects the band's pan-African reach, as they often traveled and recorded across the continent, utilizing their signature rhythmic style to celebrate leaders and contemporary events during the mid-twentieth century.
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