Last night's show started with 2 songs from the great Centrafrican Jazz, a beloved group from the Central African Republic 🎶 The band was led by Prosper Mayélé, pictured on the album cover above. According to the incredible site Maziki.fr, Prosper filled in as guitarist for the Congolese band African Jazz during a show of theirs in the Central African Republic in 1954. The bandleader Joseph Kabasele was so impressed by Prosper's playing, he offered him a spot in his band. Prosper didn't take him up on the offer, but instead he started his own band, which would eventually become Centrafrican Jazz 🇨🇫🎶 *Orchestre Centrafrican Jazz "Zia Ti Toto" [CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC] *Orchestre Centrafrican Jazz "Abeber" [CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC] *Léon Bukasa "Kitambala moko" [DRC] *Orchestre Rock A Mambo (ft. Lucie Eyenga) "Brigitte" [DRC] *Vijana wa Mbeya with Jim D. Gondwe "Siwezi Kuiacha Rumba (I Cannot Give Up Rumba)" [TANZANIA/MALAWI] *Les Amazones De Guinée "Tayesala" [GUINEA] *Les Amazones De Guinée "Sougouroum Baya" [GUINEA] *Dur Dur Band ft. Muqtar Idi Ramadan "Duruuf Maa Laygu Diidee (Rejected due to my circumstances)" [SOMALIA] *Les Frères Mégri "Sebar - صبار" [MOROCCO] *Letta Mbulu "What's Wrong With Groovin'" [SOUTH AFRICA] *Los Vikings "Cien Mujeres" [EL SALVADOR] *Alberto Beltran "Enamorado" [DOMINICAN REPUBLIC] *Los Angeles Negros "Dejenme Si Estoy Llorando" [CHILE] *Grupo Miramar "Una Lágrima Y Un Recuerdo" [MEXICO] *Leonardo Favio "O Quizas Simplemente Le Regale Una Rosa" [ARGENTINA] *Piero "Llegando Llegaste" [ARGENTINA] *Compaore Issouf "Dambakale" [BURKINA FASO] *Balla et ses Balladins "Limania" [GUINEA] *Embrujo "Canto Sin Nombre" [CHILE] *Juaneco y su Combo "Caballito Nocturno" [PERU] *Marcia Griffiths "Mark my Word" [JAMAICA] Image: album cover of a Centrafrican Jazz record, from radiodiffusion.wordpress.com #centrafricanjazz #musiquecentrafricaine #prospermayele #musichistory #kcsb (at KCSB-FM 91.9 in Santa Barbara) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVnif7ypB-I/?utm_medium=tumblr
