Trumpeter Hugh Masekela and producer Stewart Levine organized the 1974 festival and produced the new album Zaire 74: The African Artists, which... Before The Rumble In The Jungle, Music Rang Out At ...

During the 1980’s, a lifetime’s worth of wonderful live African music performances took place in Los Angeles. African music filled KCRW's airwaves and local print media, and it seemed like a group ...

34 years after his death, Franco Luambo Makiadi's name still looms large over the world of Rhumba. Franco and his baby, the band TPOK Jazz are an indelible part of Rhumba. And while the band outlived ...

Popular culture's politics -- The Zairian sound -- Made in Zaire -- Live time -- Musicians and mobility -- Live texts -- The political life of dance bands -- In the skin of a chief ...

Trumpeter Hugh Masekela and producer Stewart Levine organized the 1974 festival and produced the new album Zaire 74: The African Artists, which... In the fall of 1974, George Foreman and Muhammad Ali ...

In the fall of 1974, George Foreman and Muhammad Ali met in the country of Zaire, now called the Democratic Republic of Congo, for the legendary boxing match known as "The Rumble in the Jungle." ...