• Jean Serge Essous (born 1935 Brazzaville - died November 25, 2009, in Brazzaville ) was a Congolese saxophonist, clarinetist, and cofounder of the Afrika...
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    region playing similarly styled music, including Nino Malapet and Jean Serge Essous. Brazzaville had a major music scene until unrest in the late 1990s...
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  • Harvard University Jean Serge Essous (1935–2009), Congolese saxophonist, clarinettist, and co-founder of the Afrika Team in Paris, France Serge Faguet (born...
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    America. The musicians who started OK Jazz included Vicky Longomba, Jean Serge Essous, François Luambo Makiadi, De La Lune, Augustin Moniania Roitelet,...
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    Noumazalaye (1933–2007) Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville, 1966 to 1968 Jean Serge Essous (1935-2009) a Congolese saxophonist & clarinetist Emmanuel Dongala...
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    K. Bar. While clarinetist Jean Serge Essous was the original leader of O.K. Jazz, Franco was a prolific songwriter; Essous called him a "kind of genius"...
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    most importantly Nino Malapet and one of the founders of OK Jazz, Jean Serge Essous. Recording technology had evolved to allow for longer playing times...
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  • the Bantous de la Capitale, formed, in Brazzaville in 1959, led by Jean Serge Essous. Overview of Composition of TPOK Jazz Franco Luambo Makiadi Sam Mangwana...
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  • recording label, as Bowane brought with him such amazing talent as: Jean Serge Essous, Philippe Rossignol Lando, Saturnin Pandi, Liengo Honoré, Augustin...
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  • company, accompanied by two sanza players and Congolese saxophonist Jean Serge Essous of Les Bantous de la Capital, several songs including "Les Brazzavilloises...
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  • 2018. Lubabu, Tshitenge (November 30, 2009). "Jean-Serge Essous : la rumba était sa vie" [Jean-Serge Essous: the rumba was his life]. Jeune Afrique (in...
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