Mose Se 'Fan Fan'

b. Mose Se Sengo, 16 October 1945, Kinshasa, Zaire. Master guitarist Mose ‘Fan Fan' began to play music when he was sent to boarding school in Kinanga. On his return to Kinshasa he joined Rickem Jazz then Revolution for low-key evening performances as featured guitarist. Franco spotted him playing with Revolution and invited him to join OK Jazz, with whom he stayed for several years. Eventually, and in tandem with several fellow OK Jazz musicians including Youlou Mabiala, he left to form Orchestre Somo Somo. The name translates as ‘double dread' and was lifted from the 1972 hi...