| Description |
1 online resource (liii, 301 pages) |
| Contents |
"Classic Period" (1978-1985) ; Origin Stories ; Hassan Bitchuka Joins Mlimani Park Orchestra ; "Hapa Tunapangusa Almasi" <span style="font-style:italic;"> ("Here We Polish Diamonds") <span style="font-style:italic;">-- Band Practice during Ramadan ; The Black Warriors Recording Project ; Mlimani Park Orchestra's Rise to National and International Visibility ; ; Chapter 6: The International Orchestra Safari Sound Era (1985-1987) ; Businessman Hugo Kisima's Coup de Tat with International Orchestra Safari Sound ; Mtindo wa Ndekule (Ndekule Style) ; Hassan Bitchuka's Return to Mlimani Park Orchestra |
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(1987-1991) ; The "Kumi Bora" ("Ten Best") Piracy Scandal ; ; Chapter 7: The Ottu Jazz Band Era (1991-2004) ; From JUWATA Jazz Band to OTTU Jazz Band ; "Baba wa Muziki" ("Fathers of Music") ; Hassan Bitchuka's Scandalous Departure from OTTU Jazz Band ; The Msondo--Sikinde Clan Battles Intensify ; "Wachawi Wapo, na Wanaua Watu" ("Witches are There, |
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*Gurumo 2010b) ; Bitchuka and Gurumo Reunited Onstage ; Eulogy for a Musical Hero ; ; Concluding Remarks: The Legacy of Muhidin Gurumo and Hassan Bitchuka ; ; Appendix I: Glossary ; Appendix II: Government-Related Acronyms ; Appendix III: Muhidin Gurumo and Hassan Bitchuka Band Chronology ; Appendix IV: Extended Interviews with Muhidin Gurumo ; A Conversation with Muhidin Gurumo about Mitindo ; A Conversation with Muhidin Gurumo about Composition ; ; Appendix V: Online Discussion: "Bitchuka ana Mafumbo Mengi Yake" ("Bitchuka has his Many Mysteries") ; Appendix VI: Documented Msondo / Sikinde Studio Sessions at Radio |
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Bitchuka's Cross-Dressed Vocal Persona ; Hassan Bitchuka's and Muhidin Gurumo's Compositional Aesthetic ; ; Chapter 2: Setting the Stage--The Cultural History of the East-Central African Rhumba Scene ; The Spread of the Congolese Rhumba ; The Emergence of Muziki wa Dansi ; Sikinde Live! -The Tanzanian Rhumba Scene in Dar es Salaam ; Chapter 3: Muhidin Gurumo's Musical Development and Work with Nuta Jazz Band ; Muhidin Gurumo--The Formative Years (1939 -- 1959) ; Muhidin Gurumo's Stints with Kilimanjaro Cha Cha Jazz Band, Rufiji Jazz Band, |
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Foreword by Hassan Rehani Bitchuka ; ; Introduction ; " <span style="font-style:italic;">Jembe Hilo Limeondoka " ("That Hoe has Departed")--Farewell to Muhidin Maalim Gurumo ; Scope of the Book ; Approaches ; Sources and Evidence ; Organization and Layout ; ; Chapter 1: Introducing Muhidin Maalim Gurumo and Hassan Rehani Bitchuka ; "Gurumo the Great"--A Reluctant Star in Dar es Salaam ; Muhidin Gurumo's Mitindo (Styles) and the Practice of Tanzanian Dance Music Branding ; "Bitchuka the Bold"--A Transcendent Voice in Tanzanian Popular Music ; Hassan |
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Tanzania--Dar es Salaam ; NUTA Jazz Band ; JUWATA Jazz Band ; Mlimani Park Orchestra ; ; List of Interviews Cited ; Archives Visited ; Discography ; Bibliography |
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And Kilwa Jazz Band (1959-1964) ; The Origins and Early Years of NUTA Jazz Band ; Safari of NUTA Jazz Band and their Emerging Fan Base ; Growing Mtindo wa Msondo (Msondo Style) ; Considering Provenance(s)--The Case of the Song "Nimwokoe Nani?" (Whom shall I rescue?) ; Chapter 4: " <span style="font-style:italic;">Mtoto Mtundu " ("Precocious Child")--Hassan Bitchuka's Early Musical Career ; Hassan Bitchuka--The Formative Years (1956-1973) ; Hassan Bitchuka Joins NUTA / JUWATA Jazz Band ; State Song Patronage--The Case of the Song "Nidhamu ya Kazi" (Work discipline) ; ; Chapter 5: Mlimani Park Orchestra--The |
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And They Murder People") ; ; Chapter 8: Msondo and Sikinde in the Era of <span style="font-style:italic;">Kujitegemea (Self-Reliance) ; The Msondo--Sikinde Clans Respond to the Free Market Economy ; Sikinde--"Ngoma ya Ukae" ("The Music of Home") ; Mashindano! (Contest!) ; Zilipendwa (They Were Loved)--Golden Oldies and Musical Nostalgia ; ; Chapter 9: Muhidin Gurumo's Retirement and Passing ; Retirement Plans (M.M |
| Summary |
Muhidin Maalim Gurumo and Hassan Rehani Bitchuka are two of Tanzania's most well-known singers in the popular music genre known as muziki wa dansi (literally, 'music for dancing'), a variation of the Cuban-based rhumba idiom that has been enormously impactful throughout central, eastern, and western Africa in the contemporary era. This interview-based dual biography investigates the lives and careers of these two men from an ethnomusicological and historical perspective |
| Bibliography |
Includes discography (pages 257-261), bibliographical references (pages 263-276) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Gurumo, Muhidin
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Bitchuka, Hassan
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Popular music -- Tanzania -- History and criticism
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Singers -- Tanzania
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Rumbas -- Tanzania -- History
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
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Rumbas
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Popular music
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Singers
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Tanzania
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020739563 |
| ISBN |
9781498564403 |
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1498564402 |
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