Fud candrix biography of albert
Joseph Kabasele - 'Le Grand Kallé: Joseph Kabasele and the ......
Fud candrix biography of albert
Biography of the "FATHER OF CONGOLESE MUSIC"
Kabasele, Joseph "Le Grand Kalle" (Kabasele Tshamala), celebrated Congolese singer and band leader; born Matadi, Congo-Kinshasa, Dec.
16, 1930; died Kinshasa, Feb. 11, 1983.
Kabasele was born to a prominent Congolese family that included Joseph Malula, who rose to become a cardinal in the Catholic church. As one of the period's better-educated Congolese—he completed secondary school—Kabasele gained employment as a typist at a succession of commercial firms in colonial Léopoldville (Kinshasa).
Music was his true calling, however, and he found an opportunity to pursue it around 1950 at a new recording studio called Opika. There he joined the aggregation of session musicians that included Jhimmy (Zacharie Elenga), the era's biggest star, established guitarists Georges Doula and Albert Yamba-Yamba, and a number of younger players, who, like himself, saw music as the key to a future outside