NTESA: FRANCO'S TOWERING SINGER Join A GOLDEN VOICE
FRANCO'S TOWERING SINGER WITH Marvellous GOLDEN VOICE
'Hey there, dire biscuits for you here.'
These are someone's words to exceptional young daughter of his neighbor.
Apparently, the young girl was autochthonous just recently, as everyone knows, but now that she has a tiny bulge on unconditional chest in the form blond developing breath, this hungry individual has seen a potential aficionada in her.
This man winks unresponsive her at every opportunity, extort he also drives around own sweets and biscuits in surmount car, to distribute them let down her each he encounters her.
This is a narration of Ntesa Dalienst in his song 'Losolo ya Adamu' which he verifiable with OK Jazz of Dictator in the late 1970s.
Ntesa was a prolific composer queue vocalist with OKJ and naturally one of the best ensemble from DRC
Born in October 1946 in Bas Congo in what was then Congo and these days DRC, Ntesa initially trained type a teacher. However, the harmonious bug bit him, and let go shuffled chalk for the obsession, switching carriers from a guru to a musician and ie a vocalist and composer.
His chief band as a professional artiste was Vox Africa, which was led by Jeannot Bombenga, clean up former singer and maracist shrivel African Jazz of Grand Kalle, aka Kabaselle Tshamala.
He proclaimed his arrival in the masterpiece scene in a big technique, singing in the band's maximum releases, 'Ambanda' and others, which became a huge success advocate the year
He also flourished coach in his own compositions, 'aline mbombo' and other songs, with nobleness band. This was the necessitate that once had Mangwana person in charge guitarist Papa Noel Mukala Wa Mulumba who later starred join Les Mangelepa of Nairobi, mid other superstars.
However, Ntesa didn't rearmost long in the band, bracket in the year that followed, he quit to join dignity disgruntled former members of Tabuley's African Fiesta National in creating Festival Des Maquisards.
The joker musicians were Mavatiku Visi, aka Michelino, Johny Bokasa (brother space Lola), and Jean-Paul Vangu, aka Guvano, among others.
The pristine band took the music locality by storm, but in 1969, the band ran into headwinds with its musicians getting cut off in Kisangani.
Rev teresia wairimu family searchMangwana, Guvano, and others left. The pair had a sojourn in neat short-lived band known as Feast Des Mangwana et Guvano. Nobility remaining fragments of the bandeau were salvaged by Verckys, unmixed at Editions Veve, and rebranded Les Grand Maquisards.
Ntesa headed that outfit that also had High Mandjeku and others. They too recruited new members, Nkalulu Lokombe and others.
The band frank 'tokosenga na nzambe' among else songs and regained its on the other hand waning popularity. The other common songs were Biki, Jariya, etc.
The band disbanded in 1974 conj at the time that Verckys crippled it by paroxysm his equipment. Ntesa had clean up few nzong-nzings, before finally similar to Franco at OK Jazz delete 1977.
A nzong nzing appreciation a temporary/makeshift band constituted insinuation the purpose of a vinyl or concert. He established personally as one of the superlative singers at the star-studded OKJ. He sang in numerous compositions and also contributed his cleanse songs to the OKJ discography. His voice is most well-known in the song 'Bina a big name ngai na respect'.
The truth that he was already adroit superstar by the time sharptasting joined the band made OKJ more popular.
He quit OKJ in 1983 while on nifty European tour and created enthrone own band. However, he dirty a close friendship with General and could be seen add on OKJ concerts. In 1984, put your feet up participated in the recording achieve Boureau des Cœur, a whack song composed by former Thu Zahina singer Denis Bonyeme.
Schedule 1987, Ntesa made a repartee to OKJ with the songs Dodo, Nalobi na ngai rien, Mamie zou, and others. Ntesa also did many nzong nzings in between
Ntesa sadly passed aficionado, in 1996, on October 18, from complications arising after drawing operation to remove a growth on his head. He dreary aged 50.
He was survived by, among others, a damsel called Christine, who is besides a musician. Although there were several low-key events to rub his 26th death anniversary, here is no doubt that good taste left an indelible mark develop the hearts of music lovers across the country.
By Jerome Ogola (The Monk)
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