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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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    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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    Republic of the Congo, also known as the DR Congo, the DRC, or Congo-Kinshasa, is a country in Central Africa. By land area the Congo is the second-largest...
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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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    Franco Luambo (category Belgian Congo people)
    people went from Congo to Cuba long before we ever heard their music. — Ewens, Graeme. Congo Colossus: Life and Legacy of Franco and OK Jazz. 1994, p. 74...
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    Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta (category Democratic Republic of the Congo musicians)
    Dewayon's Congo Jazz, Gérard Kazembe's Oui Fifi, and Johnny Bokelo's Conga Succès. He garnered widespread acclaim after joining Franco Luambo's OK Jazz in 1963...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • Youlou Mabiala (category Republic of the Congo musicians)
    the Republic of the Congo. He began his music career in Brazzaville with local groups. In 1963, he joined the musical band TPOK Jazz, in Kinshasa (Leopoldville)...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • Sam Mangwana (category Democratic Republic of the Congo people of Angolan descent)
    debut in 1963 with the Congo-Kinshasa rumba band, African Fiesta, owned and led by Tabu Ley Rochereau. Mangwana moved across the Congo River to Brazzaville...
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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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  • 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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  • Simaro Lutumba (category Democratic Republic of the Congo guitarists)
    a member of the seminal Congo music band TPOK Jazz, which dominated the music scene in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from the 1960s to the...
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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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    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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    Lokua Kanza (category 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo male singers)
    Tavres invités de marque". www.adiac-congo.com (in French). Kinshasa. Retrieved 2 September 2023. "DR Congo jazz festival celebrates native Pascal Lokua...
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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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    Le Grand Kallé (category 20th-century Democratic Republic of the Congo male singers)
    Tshamala Kabasele (16 December 1930 in Matadi, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) – 11 February 1983 in Paris, France), popularly known...
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    the Congo Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Congo Airlines Congo Crisis Congo Express Congo Free State Congo-Kinshasa at the 1968 Summer Olympics Congo Pedicle...
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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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  • 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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