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Founded by the legendary Congolese singer Tabu Ley Rochereau in 1970, and considered one of Africa’s most popular and influential bands, l’Orchestre Afrisa International returns with their first new album since 1996.
The reunited Afrisa is a bonafide Congolese supergroup, featuring musicians who performed with Tabu Ley for decades.
"Afrisa International is one of the world’s greatest bands. Its pedigree begins in the 1950s with Orchestre African Jazz, the foundational ensemble of modern Congolese music, which included the young songwriter and singer called Rochereau, who went on to lead an African Jazz reformation, African Fiesta, which he later renamed Afrisa International around the time that he renamed himself Tabu Ley. This band has always featured excellent singers, instrumentalists, composers and arrangers, and its repertoire of enthralling love songs and dynamic dance pieces is unsurpassed. Even after Tabu’s death in 2013, Afrisa remains in peak form." -- Ken Braun, Author of Tabu Ley Rochereau: The Voice of Lightness
The reunited Afrisa is a bonafide Congolese supergroup, featuring musicians who performed with Tabu Ley for decades.
"Afrisa International is one of the world’s greatest bands. Its pedigree begins in the 1950s with Orchestre African Jazz, the foundational ensemble of modern Congolese music, which included the young songwriter and singer called Rochereau, who went on to lead an African Jazz reformation, African Fiesta, which he later renamed Afrisa International around the time that he renamed himself Tabu Ley. This band has always featured excellent singers, instrumentalists, composers and arrangers, and its repertoire of enthralling love songs and dynamic dance pieces is unsurpassed. Even after Tabu’s death in 2013, Afrisa remains in peak form." -- Ken Braun, Author of Tabu Ley Rochereau: The Voice of Lightness
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