I was saddened to learn of this today. I saw him several times back in his heyday and he always put on a cool performance. RIP, Manu. Another good one gone.
I saw him in 1994 at a little club in New York called S.O.B.'s. I left the show early because I had to work the next morning, and found out later that I had missed a surprise appearance by Peter Gabriel who got up onstage to sing "Biko" during the encore. Mind you, this was a very small club, and I had been standing right in front of the stage. I've always regretted leaving that show early.
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"One of the pioneers of Afro-funk music, the saxophonist Manu Dibango, has died of COVID-19. He was 86 years old, and died in Paris. Internationally, he was best known for his 1972 song "Soul Makossa," though his entire oeuvre could have been the soundtrack to a cooler 1970s than most people lived. But that one, funk-drenched hit, lit by Dibango's burning saxophone, went on to influence the sound of American disco — and its hooky spoken intro helped power songs by Michael Jackson and Rihanna."