Manu Dibango: The saxophone legend who inspired a disco groove
Moving to the Belgian capital, Brussels, in the 1950s, he found work at the Ange Noir club. It was there that he met Josef Kabasele, also known as"Le Grand Kallé" - the revered Congolese musician who led Orchestre African Jazz, a band that spawned numerous musical stars.
Originally a B-side to the anthem for the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament, it is infectious - a monster jazz funk workout featuring Dibango's inimitable stuttering saxophone. Dibango later accused Jackson of using a riff from Soul Makossa on Wanna Be Starting Something, the opening track of the biggest selling pop album of all time, Thriller.Beninois singer Angelique Kidjo called Dibango the"giant of African music"
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