South African Music Archive Project
Band music
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- Composer: Men of the Premier Groupement force Publique (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/07/07 | Band music, Belgian Congo, Brass, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drum, Marching Band, Marching song, Mibale, Military music, Musique Militaire du Premier Groupment Force Publique, Ngala, Republic of the Congo, trumpet, Zaire, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: C2U-4
- Artist(s): Buddy Squire (Leader) | Composer: The Hot Shots (Performer)Composer not specified | 1958-00-00 | Band music, Buddy Squire, Drum, Ga, Ghana, Hot Shots, Popular music, Saxophone, Stick, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0741
- Composer: Composer not specifiedBulawayo Sweet Rythms (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Band music, Bulawayo Sweet Rhythm Band, Dance tune, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Tsaba-Tsaba, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Tsaba-tsaba dance tune. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP0584-XYZ4678
- Artist(s): Shabani Abdullah Mwankema (Leader) | Composer: Dar es Salaam Jazz Band (Performer) | 1950/06/22 | Band music, Dance music, Dar-es-Salaam Jazz Band, East African, Jazz, Nguja, Rumba, Shabani Abdullah, Shabani Abdullah Mwankemwa, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Tukuyu, ILAM | Swahili Rumba with various instruments (guitars, kazoos, trumpet, drums, rattles, violin, clarinet, ukelele, banjo, sticks). Composer unknown. Further details refer ILAM field card (D3D5)
- Artist(s): Louis Mellito (Leader) | Composer: Sunderland String Band (Performer) | 1950/07/11 | Band music, Daressalaam, East African, Gourd, Guitar, Love song, Mandoline, Mellito,Louis, Nguja, Rattle, Sunderland String Band, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Love song with one mandoline, three guitars and two gourd rattles. Translated English title - "My love has rejected me." Further details refer ILAM field card (D3V3)
- Composer: Composer not specifiedBulawayo Sweet Rythms (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Band music, Bulawayo Sweet Rhythm Band, Dance tune, Manyika, Shona, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP0588-XYZ4684
- Artist(s): Chewe Mapani (Leader) | Composer: Katanga Dance Orchestra (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/01/25 | Band music, Central African, Chewe Mapani, Congo, Dance Band, Dance music, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Elizabethville, Jive, Katanga Dance Orchestra, Republic of the Congo, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F1L 3
- Artist(s): Shabani Abdullah Mwankema (Leader) | Composer: Dar es Salaam Jazz Band (Performer) | 1950/06/22 | Band music, Dance music, Dar-es-Salaam Jazz Band, East African, Jazz, Nguja, Rumba, Shabani Abdullah, Shabani Abdullah Mwankemwa, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Tukuyu, ILAM | Swahili Rumba with various instruments (guitars, kazoos, trumpet, drums, rattles, violin, clarinet, ukelele, banjo, sticks). Composer unknown. Translated English title - "What keeps you here?" Further details refer ILAM field card (D3D6)
- Artist(s): Msarurgwa, A. (Leader)August Msarurgwa (Leader) | Composer: Msarurgwa, A. (Composer) August Msarurgwa (Composer) African dace band (Performer)Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia African dance band (Performer) | 1951/06/08 | Band music, Chizezuru, Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia African Dance Band, Dance music, Msarurgwa,August, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Town dance, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Town dance by small dance band. Further details refer ILAM field card (E2E4)
- Artist(s): Shammar Sihng (Bandmaster) | Composer: Nyasaland Police Band (Performer) | 1950/05/16 | Band music, Brass band, March, Military music, Nyasaland Police Band, Regimental march, Shammar Sihng, Southern African, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Regimental march. Composer unknown. Further details refer ILAM field card (DR3)
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