| Martino Atangana & The African Blue
Notes - Live at Zinc Bar |
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| One of the most talented African guitarists
today, Martin Atangana, also known as "Martino" Atangana, was born and
raised in Cameroon, Central Africa. It was there that he began his
musical career in the late 1970s, playing with church and high school
bands. In the early 1980s, he started performing with professional
artists such as Betty BETTY, Dyna BELL, Ali BABA, Ben DECCA, "Ange"
EBOGO, Emile KANGUE, Théo-Blaise KOUNKOU, Pierre de MOUSSY, Elie-Martin
MBA, Anne-Marie NDZIE, MEKONGO PRESIDENT, and Johnny TEZANO, to name a
few. In 1986 he toured with Manu Dibango of Soul Makossa fame. |
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| For the past few years Martino Atangana and
African Blue Note have been "wowing" New York metro area audiences at
venues such as BAM Café, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Museum of
Art, Lincoln Center, Central Park, Lion's Den, Mondo Cane, Museum for
African Art, New Jersey Performing Art Center (NJPAC), Queens Public
Library, Riverbank State Park, and York College of the City University
of New York. The band features Martino
ATANGANA on guitar and vocal,
Azouhouni ADOU
from Côte d'Ivoire on keyboards and vocal,
Jojo KUO from
Cameroon on drums, Mamadou BA
from Senegal on bass, and Todd HORTON
from the United States on trumpet and flugelhorn. They can be seen at
the Zinc Bar (90 Houston St. in Manhattan) the last Friday of every
month, and Makeda ((338 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ) the second
Friday of each month. Martino has
released two solo albums, Oyenga Fam
(2003) and Mot Songo (2005). Both albums were recorded with African Blue
Note. The albums can be found on CD Baby. Martino Atangana's
website and upcoming shows can be viewed at:
http://www.atangana.com/
(Biography courtesy of Martino Atangana) |
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