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Muziki wa dansi (in Swahili: "dance music"), or simply dansi, is a Tanzanian music genre, derivative of Congolese soukous and Congolese rumba.It is sometimes called Swahili jazz because most dansi lyrics are in Swahili, and "jazz" is an umbrella term used in Central and Eastern Africa to refer to soukous, highlife, and other dance music and big band genres.
Tanzanian Ngoma group. Ngoma (Bantu, meaning dance, drum, and celebration) [4] [5] is an East and Southern African style of music, dance, and instruments, however in Tanzania, and other Swahili areas, also refers to events such as celebrations, rituals, or significant event in life such as giving birth or the passing of a loved one.
Chakacha is a traditional music and dance style (a ngoma performance) of the Swahili people of coastal Kenya and Tanzania, originally associated with weddings and performed and watched only by women. Men were not allowed to attend chakacha dance parties. The women dress in very lightclothing and wear a belt around their waists for ease of movement.
Vijana Jazz Orchestra (also known as Vijana Jazz Band or simply Vijana Jazz) [1] [2] is a Tanzanian muziki wa dansi band that reached its peak of popularity in the 1980s. [2] As with many other dansi bands of the times, it was sponsored by a government institution, namely the Umoja wa Vijana, i.e., the youth wing of Tanzania's ruling party Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) (renamed ...
The term "jazz-rock" (or "jazz/rock") is often used as a synonym for the term "jazz fusion". 1960s -> Jump blues: 1930s -> Kansas City jazz: Kansas City jazz is a style of jazz that developed in Kansas City, Missouri and the surrounding Kansas City Metropolitan Area during the 1930s 1930s -> Latin jazz: Draws heavily on salsa and merengue ...
Afro-Cuban jazz – style of jazz influenced by traditional Afro-Cuban music. Afro house – a South African, sub-genre of house music, developed between the 1980s and 1990s. Afroswing – a genre of music that developed in the UK during the mid-2010s, a derivative of dancehall and afrobeats, with influences from trap, hip hop, R&B, and grime.
Mengo of Victoria Jazz was a protege of George Ramogi. In 1967, the first major benga band, Shirati Jazz, was formed by Daniel Owino Misiani. The group launched a string of hits that were East Africa's biggest songs throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Shirati Jazz's biggest rival was Victoria Jazz, formed in 1972 by Ochieng Nelly Mengo and Collela ...
Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands, which include Réunion, Mauritius and Rodrigues are noted for the dance/music style sega. [70] Mascarene also maloya music – maloya (ritual). Instrumentation kayamb – maravanne – ravanne – tambour. Madagascar also vakodrazana style, dance basese – salegy – sigaoma – tsapika – watsa watsa.