Cuban Marimba Band

Cuban Marimba Band

The Cuban Marimba Band (previously known as La Paloma) was an influential Tanzanian big band from the city of Morogoro. It was founded in 1948 by Salim Abdullah, who had previously created another band called Morogoro Jazz Band (which, somewhat ironically, later became Cuban Marimba's main rival). For about twenty years, until Abdullah's sudden death in a car accident in 1965, Cuban Marimba was one of the most popular muziki wa dansi (dance music) bands in Tanzania.[1] Abdullah was replaced by Juma Kikaza, but the band declined.[2]

Partial discography

  • Various, Dada Kidawa, Sister Kidawa: Classic Tanzanian Hits from the 1960's0 (dansi collecttion including songs by Cuban Marimba Band, Kiko Kids, NUTA Jazz, Dar es Salaam Jazz Band)
  • AVVV, The Tanzania Sound (dansi collection including songs by Cuban Marimba Band, Kiko Kids, NUTA Jazz, Dar es Salaam Jazz Band). Original Music 1986
  • Salum Abdallah & Cuban Marimba, Ngoma Iko Huku, Dizim Asili Series vol. 1

Footnotes

  1. ^ See The Music of Tanzania
  2. ^ See La Voie (2008)

References


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