Dieu de la Guitare - Dr. Nico & L'African Fiesta Sukisa

Nicolas Kasanda, Docteur Nico, was called the God of the Guitar, and he shaped the lead-guitar language of 1960s Congolese rumba with African Jazz and then his own African Fiesta. His tone is bright and ringing, his solos melodic and precise. Choose this to hear where the soukous guitarists on the rest of the list learned their craft, and to hear a guitar sing rather than race.