South African Music Archive Project
Rumba
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- Composer: Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Guitar, Indigenous music, Rattle, Rumba, Solomon Linda, Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3244.
- Composer: Atomic Dance Band | 1950/06/14 | Atomic Dance Band, dance, Drum, East African, Guitar, Nguja, Rumba, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Rumba with guitars and drumsRefer ILAM field card D2U12
- Artist(s): Abdu Panzamawe (Leader)Akomie Jazz Band (Performer) | Composer: Abdu Panzamawe (Leader)Akomie Jazz Band (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Atomic Jazz Band, Drum, East African, Guitar, Instrumental, Jazz, men and women, Nguja, Orchestra, Panzamawe,Abdu, Popular, Rumba, singing, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Rumba dance performed by an orchestra comprising drums and guitars. The English title for the piece is Listen my friends. ILAM field card number is unknown
- Artist(s): Alexander Ayub Gombe (Leader) | Composer: The Coast Social Orchestra (Performer)Paul Mwachupa (Composer) | 1952/06/08 | Accordion, Alexander Ayub Gombe, Clarinet, Coast Social Orchestra, Dance Band, Dance music, East African, Giriyama, Guitar, Kenya, Nguja, Paul Mwachupa, Rumba, Saxophone, Swahili, Taita, trumpet, Tympanist, ILAM | Translated English title - "Don't keep on worrying me, lady." Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3H 7
- Artist(s): Sithole Band | Composer: Sgananda (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Indigenous music, Rattle, Rumba, Sgananda, Sitole Band, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3241.
- Artist(s): Jim D Gondwe (Composer/Performer)Vijana we Mbeya (Performer) | Composer: Jim B Gondwe (Composer/Performer)Vijana wa Mbeya (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | banjo, Bass Drum, dance, Guitar, Jim B. Gondwe, Malawi, Nguja, Nyasaland, Popular, Rumba, singing, Southern African, Swahili, town, urban, Vijana wa Mbeya, ILAM | Rumba dance performance with singing. ILAM field card number is unknown
- Artist(s): William Mseleku (Leader)Mseluku and his merrymakers (Performer) | Composer: William MselekuMseluku and his merrymakers | 1960/01/01 | Choir, dance, Guitar, Indigenous music, Marabi style, Merrymakers, Mseleku,William, Piano, Popular music, Rhythm sticks, Rumba, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, Violin, Zulu, ILAM | Rumba dance accompanied by various instruments and a choi
- Artist(s): ET Mensah (Leader)ET Mensah's Tempos Band (Performer) | Composer: ET Mensah's Tempos Band (Performer) | 1958-00-00 | Brass instruments, dance, Drum, Ghana, Guitar, Indigenous music, Mensah,E.T., Rhythm sticks, Rhythmic beats on bottle, Rumba, Saxophones, Tempos Band, Trombone, West African, ILAM | Dance performed by a small band of musicians, playing various brass instruments and rhythmic instruments
- Artist(s): Ngala soldiers (Performer) | Composer: Joseph Eluka (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/08/20 | Bottle, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guitar, Indigenous music, Joseph Eluka, Ngala, Ngala, Republic of the Congo, Rumba, Stanleyville, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F4O 2
- Composer: Beatrice Mbanjwa and her Big Boys (Performer)Composer not specified | 1940-00-00 | Big Boys, Brass, Guitar, Mbanjwa,Beatrice, Popular music, Rumba, Saxophone, Southern African, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0786
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