Manu Dibango (полное имя Emmanel Dibango N'Djocke) родился в 1933 г. в городе Дуала (Камерун). Его родители принадлежали к двум антагонистическим этническим группам. Семейные сложности заставили Manu покинуть родителей, да и родину. В возрасте 15-ти лет он отправляется в Париж. Во время учебы он знакомится с Francis Bebey, с которым начинает играть джаз. В Кале он изучает классическое пианино и учится игре на саксофоне. Спустя два года он переезжает в Брюссель, где играет с различными джазовыми оркестрами. В 60-ых годах он становится одним из ведущих джазовых саксофонистов в Европе.
В начале 70-ых он возвращается в Африку как звезда джаза. Дальнейшие свои альбомы он делает в стиле MAKOSSA, который оформляет джазовыми партиями на саксофоне. Manu Dibango первым создал школу Африканского саксофона. Его игра была чем-то средним между Джазом, REGGAE и MAKOSSA. Manu играл для таких звезд, как Peter Gabriel, Alex Brown, Sinead O'Connor и т.д. и т.п. При этом для создания собственных альбомов он просит ответной помощи. К 90-м годам каждый диск Manu становится шедевром. На их записи собираются звезды со всего света. Ему поют Peter Gabriel и Youssou N'Dour, Ladysmith Black Mambazo и Sinead O'Connor, Angelique Kidjo и Papa Wemba. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Manu Dibango (Emmanuel N'Djoké Dibango, born December 12, 1933 in Douala, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player. Leaving Cameroon to France to study, he got to study music where he enrolled for piano lessons. Though a piano student, Manu fell in love with his friend and classmate's instrument, the saxophone. Not having a keyboard at home to rehearse his music lessons, he spent time using his friend's saxophone which has today become his longest companion. He developed a musical style fusing jazz and traditional Cameroonian music. He is a member of the Yabassi ethnic group, though his mother was a Douala.
He has collaborated with many musicians, including Fela Kuti, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Sly and Robbie. In 1998 he recored the album CubAfrica with Cuban artist Eliades Ochoa .
His Soul Makossa is often considered the first disco record (Jones and Kantonen, 1999). Prominent and loved by his country, he just celebrated his 50th musical anniversary in Cameroon, where he was greatly supported by the wife of the president of Cameroon.
Manu Dibango was the sole African who exposed African traditional music to the western world. His style took the world by storm when the American superstar, Michael Jackson took Manu's Soul Makossa which featured in Jackson's album in You wanna be startin' Something.[i/] This same hit today vibrates the music chart which featuresAkon. Obviously, Jackson lost the suit and had to pay the African Saxophonist for Damage.
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