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    Congo Jazz is a Looney Tunes cartoon starring Warner Bros.' first cartoon star, Bosko. The cartoon was released on August 9, 1930. It was distributed by...
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    Democratic Republic of the Congo established in 1956 and fronted by Franco. The group disbanded in 1993, but reformed in 1996. The OK Jazz band was formed in...
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    Congo Square (French: Place Congo) is an open space, now within Louis Armstrong Park, which is located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana...
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    Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Zaire, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country in Central...
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    The Belgian Congo (French: Congo belge, pronounced [kɔ̃ɡo bɛlʒ]; Dutch: Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence...
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    Tchico Thicaya moving to Abidjan and Ryco Jazz taking the Congolese sound to the French Antilles. In Congo, students at Gombe High School became entranced...
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  • 104). "Jazz and the Creole Tradition." Jazz Research I: 99–112. Sublette, Ned (2008). The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square...
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  • " ~George Wein The first Jazz Fest took place in 1970 outside the French Quarter in a park "that was once the site of Congo Square – the space where,...
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    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...
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    resourceful boy. An exception to this was a demeaning representation in Congo Jazz (1930). Bosko in a jungle setting is depicted standing between a small...
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    Franco Luambo (category Belgian Congo people)
    "Discography". Congo Colossus: The Life and Legacy of Franco & OK Jazz. Buku Press. 270-306 320 pages. ISBN 978-0952365518. "Franco & le TPOK Jazz – 'Francophonic'"...
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    A jazz club is a venue where the primary entertainment is the performance of live jazz music, although some jazz clubs primarily focus on the study and/or...
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  • Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930) Congo Jazz (1930) Hold Anything (1930) Booze Hangs High, The (1930) Box Car Blues...
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    jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era jazz fusion and 1980s-era Latin jazz. The techniques and instrumentation of this type...
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  • Don't Be Afraid: The Music of Charles Mingus (2005) Congo Square (2007) Portrait in Seven Shades (Jazz at Lincoln Center, 2010) Vitoria Suite (Universal...
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  • atomic bombs. Congo takes center stage to both the Cold War and the scheme for control of the UN. The US State Department swings into action: Jazz ambassador...
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  • Madilu System (category 20th-century Democratic Republic of the Congo male singers)
    born in what was then Léopoldville, Belgian Congo. He was once a member of the seminal band TPOK Jazz which dominated the Congolese scene from 1960s...
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    the Congo is an African nation with close musical ties to its neighbor, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo's homegrown...
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  • Latin jazz is a genre of jazz with Latin American rhythms. The two main categories are Afro-Cuban jazz, rhythmically based on Cuban popular dance music...
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  • Michelino Mavatiku Visi (category Democratic Republic of the Congo musicians)
    artist, composer, guitarist and vocalist, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He was a member of the Congolese band African Fiesta Nationale, which...
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    Shangaan electro Soukous (aka Congo, Lingala or African rumba) Street pop Sungura Taarab Tsapiky Wassoulou music Zimbabwean jazz Zouglou Zouk African traditional...
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  • caption Fun For The Whole Family (except Grandma and Grandpa) Opening cartoon "Congo Jazz" (1930) Episode chronology Futurama season 3 List of episodes...
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  • Mpundi Decca (category Democratic Republic of the Congo musicians)
    a Congo music recording artist and guitarist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He was once a member of the Congo music band TPOK Jazz, led...
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  • Vamp (1926) Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid (1929) Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930) Congo Jazz (1930) Hold Anything (1930) The Booze Hangs High (1930) Box Car Blues...
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    Congolese rumba (category Music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
    genre originating from the Republic of the Congo (formerly French Congo) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). With its rhythms, melodies...
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    Chucho Valdés (category Afro-Cuban jazz pianists)
    his nominated for a Latin Jazz Album Grammy include Bele Bele en la Habana (1999), Briyumba Palo Congo – Religion of the Congo (2000) and New Conceptions...
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  • Travels in the Congo (French: Voyage au Congo) is a travel diary by the French author André Gide. It was published 1927 by Gallimard in France. It is often...
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  • Congo Funk! Sound Madness from the Shores of the Mighty Congo River (Kinshasa/Brazzaville 1969–1982) is a compilation album of Congolese rumba, released...
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  • (second Betty Boop cartoon) Looney Tunes (1930–1969) Sinkin' in the Bathtub Congo Jazz Hold Anything The Booze Hangs High Box Car Blues Flip the Frog (1930–1933)...
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    Le Grand Kallé (category 20th-century Democratic Republic of the Congo male singers)
    Guide to Congo Gold (2008, World Music Network) Authenticité Vol. 2 (2014, Eben Entertainment) As leader of Le Grand Kallé et l'African Jazz (see that...
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