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Posted on 03/24/2020 11:24:06 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Jazz great Manu Dibango, best known for his 1972 hit “Soul Makoosa,” has died from complications of the coronavirus, according to a statement on his official Facebook page.
“It is with deep sadness that we announce the loss of Manu Dibango, our Papy Groove, who passed away on 24th of March 2020, at 86 years old, further to covid 19,” it said.
“His funeral service will be held in strict privacy, and a tribute to his memory will be organized when possible,” the message added.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Emmanuel N’Djoké Dibango ... “Manu Dibango” Rest in Peace
First heard his music in the late 70s and liked it. A short profile...
Saxophonist and vibraphone player, born 1933 in Douala, Cameroon. Originally trained in classical piano, his musical career began in Brussels and Paris in the 1950s. He formed his own band in Cameroon in 1963, moving to Paris in 1965. His international breakthrough came in 1972 with Soul Makossa.
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 .
and a song controversy...
After Barbadian pop singer Rihanna sampled the song in her 2007 hit single “Don’t Stop the Music”, she and Jackson were both sued in February 2009 by Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango, who claimed that both songs stole the “mama-say mama-sa ma-ma-coo-sa” hook from his 1972 single “Soul Makossa” without permission.
According to Agence France-Presse, Jackson admitted that he borrowed the line for “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” and settled out of court. When Rihanna asked Jackson in 2007 for permission to sample the line, he allegedly approved the request without contacting Dibango beforehand.
Dibango’s attorneys brought the case before a court in Paris, demanding €500,000 in damages and for Sony BMG, EMI and Warner Music to be “barred from receiving ‘mama-say mama-sa’-related income until the matter is resolved”.
He was 86 years old. It appears he lived a long and successful life. May he Rest In Peace.
Sometimes borrowing a riff is an homage, sometimes the origator is ornery and litigous, it’s a crap shoot I tell ya. The beginning of “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” came from Horace Silver’s “Song for my Father”. Bob Dylan also sued Hootie and the Blowfish for lyrics they borrowed for “I Only Wanna Be With You”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWeXOm49kE0
Manu Dibango is the first victim of the Corona Virus I have heard of. I also remember “Soul Makossa” was a top 40 hit on US charts in 1974. It was my first exposure to world music.
Sadly, I don’t think Don McLean will be writing a song about that.
The death certificate should have immediate cause of death, followed by space for underlying.
It would be interesting to see what’s listed in this case.
If anyone’s interested the CDC has a .pdf on completing cause of death on death certificates.
Cameroon Disco.
An 86 year old dies of the flu. My 89 year old mother is in a County run nursing home. A bad cold hits the unit and the 80-90-100 year old’s “drop like flies”.
There should be no shock or surprise that elderly people die when they get something that impacts their respiratory system.
Funny how songs will bring you back to a date and time much like smells.
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