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Issa Juma And Super Wanyika Stars - Swinging Swahili Rumba 1982-1986 (2010)

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Issa Juma And Super Wanyika Stars - Swinging Swahili Rumba 1982-1986  (2010)

Issa Juma And Super Wanyika Stars - Swinging Swahili Rumba 1982-1986
Africa | mp3 320 Kbps | 182 MB
Stern Music 2010

For nearly thirty years, the "Wanyika" bands were a sensation in Kenya. Institutions of renown they were a dominate presence in Nairobi's nightclubs and recording industry, and in their heyday there were three or four bands each simultaneously bearing a Wanyika name, together with several spinoff groups operating under different names. The rumba music these bands played had its stylistic origins in Tanzania but rather quickly took on a unique Kenyan identity. It was propelled by light percussion, the rhythm often on the high hat cymbals and conga drums and made sweet with a delicate interplay between rhythm and solo guitars. The sound was instrumentally sparse with a rich bass filling in the gaps in syncopated bursts. Trumpets and saxes were sometimes used in recordings but rarely in live performance. On top of this were simple two-part harmony melodies in Swahili that could be widely understood across East Africa. This was the defining sound of Kenyan Swahili rumba in the late 70s and early 80s. Issa Juma was a pivotal voice in creating that sound and taking it in new directions as the 80s progressed.
01. Barua (The Letter)
02. Ma Eliza (Mama Elizabeth)
03. Mpita Njia (A Passer-by)
04. Maria
05. Mwanaidi
06. Si Mimi (It's Not Me)
07. Wacha Waseme (Let Them Talk)
08. Utalia na nani (Who Will You Cry With)
09. Mony (Monica)