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Manu Dibango
sax, *1933 CM, Douala
Musician of World and R&B/Soul
A.k.a. Emmanuel N'Djoké Dibango African Voodoo Junior Dibbs
Saxophonist from Cameroon. Originally trained in classical piano, his musical career began in Brussels and Paris in the 1950s. 1960 finds him in Congo as a member of African Jazz led by Joseph Kabasele (Le Grand Kalle)! He formed his own band in Cameroon in 1963, moving to Paris in 1965. His international breakthrough came in 1972 with Soul Makossa. Manu Dibango is extraordinarily versatile, having played almost every style of music you care to mention - soul, reggae, jazz, spirituals, blues, electro.
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soul Makossa / New Bell | Manu Dibango | 2017 | Album |
| Tu Sais | Black M, Christophe Willem & Inna Modja Featuring Manu Dibango | 2016 | Single |
| Pata Piya | Manu Dibango | 2016 | Compil. |
| African Pop Session / Ekedi | Akalé Wubé Featuring Manu Dibango | 2015 | Single |
| Soul Makossa | Manu Dibango | 2014 | Album |
| Soul Makossa | Manu Dibango | 2014 | Album |
| Dany Doriz Big Band | Dany Doriz Big Band Featuring Manu Dibango and Ronald Baker | 2014 | Album |
| Balade En Saxo | Manu Dibango | 2014 | Album |
| Ballad Emotion | Manu Dibango | 2012 | Album |
| Ballad Emotion | Manu Dibango | 2011 | Compil. |
| Ballad Emotion | Manu Dibango | 2011 | Album |
| Past Present Future | Manu Dibango | 2011 | Album |
| Afro-Soul Machine | Manu Dibango | 2011 | Compil. |
| Faites Passer Le Message | Jacob Desvarieux, Manu Dibango, Awa Imani, Fally Ipupa, Movaizhaleine, Youssoupha | 2010 | Single |
| Makossa Man: The Very Best Of | Manu Dibango | 2009 | Compil. |
| African Woodoo | Manu Dibango | 2008 | Compil. |
| AfricaVision Vol. 3 - Musical Anthology Of African Cinema / Anthologie Musicale Du Cinema Africain - Le Cinéma De Manu Dibango | Manu Dibango | 2007 | Compil. |
| Homage To New Orleans | Manu Dibango Plays Sidney Bechet | 2007 | Album |
| The Best Of Manu Dibango | Manu Dibango | 2007 | Compil. |
| New Bell / Yoyo | Manu Dibango / Kassaby Déhé | 2007 | Album |
| Lion Of Africa | Manu Dibango | 2007 | Album |
| Essential Recordings | Manu Dibango | 2006 | Compil. |
| Manu Dibango | Manu Dibango | 2004 | Compil. |
| Manu Dibango | Manu Dibango | 2004 | Album |
| Manu Dibango | Manu Dibango | 2004 | Compil. |
| Soul Makossa | Manu Dibango | 2004 | Album |
| Pepe Soup | Manu Dibango | 2004 | Single |
| The Rough Guide To Manu Dibango | Manu Dibango | 2004 | Compil. |
| Soul Of The Makossa Man #2 | Manu Dibango | 2003 | Album |
| Africadelic | Manu Dibango | 2003 | Compil. |
| From Africa | Manu Dibango | 2003 | Album |
| Soul Of The Makossa Man | Manu Dibango | 2003 | Album |
| Soul Fiesta | Manu Dibango | 2002 | Album |
| B Sides | Manu Dibango | 2002 | Compil. |
| Kamer Feeling | Manu Dibango | 2001 | Album |
| Années 60 à 70 | Manu Dibango | 2000 | Album |
| Spirituals | Manu Dibango | 2000 | Album |
| Anthology | Manu Dibango | 2000 | Compil. |
| Afrosouljazz: The Very Best Of Manu Dibango | Manu Dibango | 2000 | Compil. |
| Ayé Africa Weya Mouna | Manu Dibango | 2000 | Single |
| Mboa' Su Kamer Feelin' | Manu Dibango | 2000 | Album |
| Années 70 à 80 | Manu Dibango | 2000 | Album |
| CubAfrica | El Cuarteto Patria & Manu Dibango | 1998 | Album |
| Manu Safari | Manu Dibango | 1998 | Album |
| African Soul > The Very Best Of < | Manu Dibango | 1997 | Compil. |
| Dikalo (Salt Pop Corn) | Manu Dibango | 1997 | Single |
| Oh ! Happy Day | Manu Dibango | 1997 | Single |
| Papa Groove - Live 96 | Manu Dibango | 1996 | Album |
| Papa Groove / Ambiance Tropika - Live 96 | Manu Dibango | 1996 | Single |
| Wakafrika Remix | Manu Dibango | 1995 | Single |
| Negropolitaines Vol.2 | Manu Dibango | 1995 | Album |
| Lamastabastani | Manu Dibango | 1995 | Album |
| Autoportrait | Manu Dibango | 1995 | Compil. |
| Ball Of Confusion / Super Koumba | Undisputed Truth / Manu Dibango | 1994 | Single |
| Wakafrika | Manu Dibango | 1994 | Album |
| Biko | Manu Dibango | 1994 | Single |
| Bao Bao | Manu Dibango | 1992 | Album |
| Ressens Le Son | Les Little Featuring Manu Dibango | 1992 | Single |
| La Javanaise | Manu Dibango | 1992 | Single |
| Soul Makossa | Manu Dibango | 1992 | Compil. |
| Africano / Reggae Makossa | Timmy Thomas / Manu Dibango | 1991 | Album |
| Live '91 | Manu Dibango | 1991 | Album |
| Bolingo City | Manu Dibango | 1991 | Single |
| Beat Of The Street (Magic Of Africa) | Manu Dibango | 1990 | Single |
| Polysoniʞ | Manu Dibango | 1990 | Album |
| Minçalor / Senga Abele | Manu Dibango Featuring MC Mell'O' | 1990 | Single |
| Lokobobé / Bolingo City | Manu Dibango | 1989 | Single |
| Négropolitaines Vol 1 | Manu Dibango | 1989 | Album |
| On Vit De Femmes | Manu Dibango, Claude Dubois | 1989 | Single |
| Comment Faire L'Amour Avec Un Nègre Sans Se Fatiguer | Manu Dibango | 1989 | Album |
| Super Koumba | Manu Dibango | 1988 | Album |
| La Fete A Manu | Manu Dibango | 1988 | Album |
| Qui Est Fou De Qui ? / Big Blow | Manu Dibango | 1987 | Single |
| Seventie's | Manu Dibango | 1987 | Compil. |
| (Everybody) Get Dancin' / Soul Makossa | Bombers / Manu Dibango | 1987 | Album |
| Afrijazzy | Manu Dibango | 1986 | Album |
| Makossa '87 (Big Blow) | Manu Dibango | 1986 | Album |
| Manu Invite... Akofa Akoussah Au Togo | Manu Dibango, Akofa Akoussah | 1986 | Album |
| Soul Makossa | May Day Guest Star Manu Dibango | 1986 | Single |
| Electric Africa | Manu Dibango | 1985 | Album |
| Pata Piya (Full Length Extended Version) | Manu Dibango | 1985 | Album |
| Rasta Souvenir / Manu A La Jamaïque | Manu Dibango | 1985 | Compil. |
| Soul Makossa | Manu Dibango | 1985 | Compil. |
| Electric Africa | Manu Dibango | 1985 | Album |
| Abele Dance | Manu Dibango | 1984 | Single |
| Mélodies Africaines Volume 2 | Manu Dibango | 1984 | Album |
| Extrait De Son Album Surtension | Manu Dibango | 1984 | Single |
| L'Aventure Ambiguë (Bande Original Du Film) | Manu Dibango | 1984 | Album |
| Surtension | Manu Dibango | 1984 | Album |
| Soft And Sweet | Manu Dibango | 1983 | Album |
| Poinciana / Nature Boy | Manu Dibango | 1983 | Single |
| Deliverance | Manu Dibango | 1983 | Album |
| Makossa Man | Manu Dibango | 1983 | Album |
| Mboa | Manu Dibango | 1982 | Album |
| Waka Juju | Manu Dibango | 1982 | Album |
| Africa Boogie / Mouna Pola | Manu Dibango | 1982 | Album |
| Piano Solo, Mélodies Africaines Volume 1 | Manu Dibango | 1981 | Album |
| Happy Feeling | Manu Dibango | 1981 | Single |
| Ambassador | Manu Dibango | 1981 | Album |
| Happy Feeling / Cava Chouia | Manu Dibango | 1981 | Single |
| Happy Feeling | Manu Dibango | 1981 | Album |
| Goro City | Manu Dibango | 1980 | Single |
| Doctor Bird | Manu Dibango | 1980 | Single |
| Reggae Makossa | Manu Dibango | 1980 | Single |
| Pour Une Poignée De C.F.A. | Manu Dibango | 1980 | Single |
| Goro City / Reggae Makossa | Manu Dibango | 1980 | Album |
| Gone Clear | Manu Dibango | 1980 | Album |
| Maya Ma Bobe - Makossa Mix | Manu Dibango | 1980 | Single |
| Doctor Bird | Manu Dibango | 1980 | Single |
| King Super Disco Sampler Vol. 6: Afro Disco Series Special | Kongas, Continent Number 6, Manu Dibango | 1979 | Album |
| Home Made | Manu Dibango | 1979 | Album |
| Recital - Ses Plus Grands Succès | Manu Dibango | 1979 | Compil. |
| Big Blow / Boogie To The Top Part. 1 | Manu Dibango / Idris Muhammad | 1978 | Single |
| Big Blow / Toumba | Manu Dibango | 1978 | Single |
| Anty / Motapo | Manu Dibango | 1978 | Single |
| Manu Dibango | Manu Dibango | 1978 | Album |
| Sun Explosion | Manu Dibango | 1978 | Single |
| Anniversaire Au Pays | Manu Dibango | 1978 | Album |
| Big Blow | Manu Dibango | 1978 | Compil. |
| Le Prix De La Liberté (Bande Originale Du Film) | Manu Dibango | 1978 | Album |
| Miss Cavacha (Bande Originale Du Film "L'herbe Sauvage") | Manu Dibango | 1977 | Single |
| L'Herbe Sauvage | Manu Dibango | 1977 | Album |
| Disque D'Or | Manu Dibango | 1977 | Compil. |
| Toumba | Manu Dibango | 1977 | Single |
| A L'Olympia | Manu Dibango | 1977 | Album |
| Demain L'Afrique | Manu Dibango | 1977 | Single |
| Bande Originale Du Film Ceddo | Manu Dibango | 1977 | Album |
| Affaires De Quartier | Manu Dibango | 1976 | Single |
| The Funky Arab / New Bell | Marakesh Express / Manu Dibango | 1976 | Album |
| Big Blow / Soul Makossa | Manu Dibango | 1976 | Album |
| Baobab Sun 7 | Manu Dibango | 1976 | Single |
| Manu 76 | Manu Dibango | 1976 | Album |
| Qui Est Fou De Qui? / Mimbo | Manu Dibango Et Georgia Dibango | 1976 | Single |
| Bokilo's Boogie / Angola | Manu Dibango | 1976 | Single |
| Big Blow | Manu Dibango | 1976 | Single |
| The World Of Manu Dibango | Manu Dibango | 1976 | Compil. |
| Afrovision | Manu Dibango | 1976 | Album |
| African Rhythm Machine | Manu Dibango | 1975 | Compil. |
| Makossa Music | Manu Dibango | 1975 | Compil. |
| Countdown At Kusini | Manu Dibango | 1975 | Album |
| Yabassi / Garoua | Manu Dibango | 1975 | Single |
| Diboki / Super Kumba | Manu Dibango | 1975 | Single |
| Ashiko Go / Sango Pouss Pouss | Manu Dibango | 1974 | Single |
| Soir Au Village | Manu Dibango | 1974 | Single |
| Super Kumba | Manu Dibango | 1974 | Single |
| Super Kumba | Manu Dibango | 1974 | Album |
| African Funk | Manu Dibango | 1974 | Compil. |
| Pêpê Soup / Moni | Manu Dibango | 1974 | Single |
| Pêpê Soup | Manu Dibango | 1974 | Single |
| Africadelic | Manu Dibango | 1973 | Album |
| Makossa Man | Manu Dibango | 1973 | Album |
| Africadelic | Manu Dibango | 1973 | Single |
| Pêpê Soup / Weya | Manu Dibango | 1973 | Single |
| Makossa Man | Manu Dibango | 1973 | Album |
| Dikalo / Tele Miso | Manu Dibango | 1973 | Single |
| Mbolo | Manu Dibango | 1973 | Single |
| Weya | Manu Dibango | 1973 | Single |
| Dangwa Part 1 / Dangwa Part 2 | Manu Dibango | 1973 | Single |
| Soul Makossa | Manu Dibango | 1972 | Album |
| Soul Makossa | Manu Dibango | 1972 | Album |
| Bien Boire Se Dit "33" | Manu Dibango | 1972 | Single |
| Dangwa / Oboso | Manu Dibango | 1972 | Single |
| Soul Makossa / Lily | Manu Dibango | 1972 | Single |
| New-Bell / Hibiscus | Manu Dibango | 1972 | Single |
| African Voodoo | Manu Dibango | 1972 | Album |
| Sango Yesus Cristo / Hot Thing | Manu Dibango | 1972 | Single |
| O Boso | Manu Dibango | 1972 | Album |
| Hymne De La 8e Coupe D'Afrique Des Nations / Soul Makossa | Manu Dibango | 1972 | Single |
| Toyota Makossa | Manu Dibango | 1972 | Single |
| The Soukouss | Manu Dibango And Hal Singer | 1971 | Single |
| Volume 3 | Le Grand Kalle, Gonzalo Fernandez, Manu Dibango Et L'African Team De Paris | 1971 | Compil. |
| I Remember | Manu Dibango | 1971 | Single |
| Manu Dibango | Manu Dibango | 1971 | Album |
| Oa Na Mba | Manu Dibango | 1971 | Single |
| Idiba / Ngolowake | Manu Dibango | 1971 | Single |
| Saxy-Party | Manu Dibango | 1969 | Album |
| Ode To Papa And Mama / Soul Machine | Manu Dibango | 1968 | Single |
| Bolobo / Kamulango / Wachi-Wara / Mboa | Manu Dibango | 1964 | Single |
| La Coupe Des Tropiques | Manu Dibango | 1964 | Single |
| Whisky And Soda / Munengue Na Ndutu / Parfums Des Iles / A.B.C.Twist | Manu Dibango | 1964 | Single |
| Le Lion Est Mort | Manu Dibango | 1962 | Single |
| Hallelouia / Twist A Leo | Manu Dibango | 1962 | Album |
| Twist A Leo / Dizzy Me | Manu Dibango | 1962 | Single |
| Wachiwara / Mi Ultimo Fracasso | Manu Dibango & Pepito | 1961 | Single |
| Soy Como Soy +3 - N° 75 | Manu Dibango | 1961 | Single |
| New Bell / Viramundo | Manu Dibango / Sérgio Mendes | Single | |
| Reggae Makossa / Straight To The Bank / Jingo / Don't You Feel My Love | Manu Dibango - Bill Summers - Candido - George McCrae | Album | |
| Pachito Eche / Perfidia Chacha | Manu Dibango & Pepito | Single | |
| New Bell / Soul Man | Manu Dibango / 'Sweet' Charles Sherrell | Album | |
| Kolo Kolo / En Quittant Yaounde | Manu Dibango | Single | |
| Salt Pop-Corn | Manu Dibango | Single | |
| Le Métèque (Jerk) / Sneakin' Home (Blues) | Manu Dibango | Single | |
| Chacha Mama / Batucada | Manu Dibango & Pepito | Single | |
| Salt Pop-Corn | Manu Dibango | Single | |
| Soir Au Village / Kango | Manu Dibango | Single | |
| Volume 3 | Le Grand Kalle, Don Gonzalo, Manu Dibango Et L'African Team De Paris | Album | |
| L'African - Team | Le Grand Kalle, Gonzalo Fernandez, Manu Dibango Et L'African Team De Paris | Compil. |
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