Ray Lema
Lema first became involved in music playing church organ for five years. By the time he entered college, he was already playing keyboard in Kinshasa clubs for artists like Kalle, Abeti, M'pongo Love, and Tabu Ley. He worked with the Ballet du Zaire and from 1974 to 1978 toured the country studying folklore. He won a Rockefeller grant for study in the U.S. in 1979. Lema's grounding in folklore and choreography, as well as music, helped him break through in the '80s and maintain a reputation as a soukous musician not content to be pigeonholed in that style. He recently signed with the international label Mango.
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Discography
7 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Nangadeef
Jazz - Released by UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) on Jan 1, 1989
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gaia
World - Released by UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) on Nov 12, 1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sesc Jazz: Ray Lema (Ao Vivo)
Jazz - Released by Selo Sesc [dist. Tratore] on Dec 15, 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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