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Ray Lema "On rentre KO, on sort OK" - Live at D'Jazz Nevers Festival.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Africa.
- Congolese.
- Cubans.
- French.
- Moroccans.
- Musical performances.
- Jazz music.
- Music festivals.
- D'Jazz Nevers Festival.
- Local Subjects:
- Africa.
- Congolese.
- Cubans.
- French.
- Moroccans.
- Musical performances.
- Jazz music.
- Music festivals.
- D'Jazz Nevers Festival.
- Genre:
- Performance
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (70 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Paris, Ile-de-France : Qwest TV, 2021.
- Language Note:
- In Kikongo.
- In Lingala.
- In French.
- Original language in Kikongo.
- Original language in Lingala.
- Original language in French.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- At the end of the first title which sets the tone of the concert, Ray Lema addresses the audience: "I have to tell you a little about the project, because it's a project, a tribute to a great man from our country, from the Democratic Republic of Congo: Franco, who left a great mark on the African continent.” These remarks explain everything, the Congolese rumba color, and the subtitle of the program: "We enter KO, We leave OK" which was the motto of the Almighty Kinshasa Jazz Orchestra (TP OK Jazz) founded by this chronicler of social life and promoter of the Congolese rumba – Franco Luambo Makiadi – also known as Franco, or Grand Master, or Sorcerer of the guitar. The make-up of the band is in line with that of TP OK Jazz: the presence of two excellent singers, solo guitar, bass and brass (presence of the wonderful Cuban sax Irving Acao). It will of course cover Mario, which was Franco's greatest success. And the songs are interpreted in the national language (Lingala and Kikongo; the only French word heard in a song is “freedom”). If there had not been the confinement, the show would have been filmed in 2019 in order to commemorate the thirty years of the disappearance of Franco, at the age of 51. Ray Lema, with his deep and hoarse voice, like an old sage who no longer has anything to prove, and his band, in long hypnotic tracks, offer an up-to-date but faithful reading of Congolese rumba. The audience, and members of the African diaspora present, won’t be able to keep from dancing to this sensual music. Philippe Lesage
- Notes:
- Performed Maison de la Culture Nevers Agglomeration
- Title from resource description page (viewed July 15, 2024).
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