Docteur Nico
Sign in to saveAlso known as Nicolas Kasanda wa Mikalay, Dr. Nico, Kasanda Wa Mikalay, Nicolas Kasanda Wa Mikalayi, Nicolas Kassanda
Congolese guitarist and musician
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1938-10-16
- Active to
- 1988-07-18
art popart rockavant-folkavant-gardechamber folkclassic pop and rock
Discography
- The Velvet Underground & Nico1967
- Chelsea Girl1967
- The Marble Index1968
- Desertshore1970
- The End…1974
- Drama of Exile1981
- Drama of Exile1981
- Lüül1981
- Drama of Exile1983
- Camera Obscura1985
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- 16,607
- Total plays
- 81,646
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Nicolas Kasanda wa Mikalay (July 7, 1939 – September 22, 1985), popularly known as Dr. Nico was a guitarist, composer and one of the pioneers of soukous music. He was born in Mikalayi, Kasai province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He graduated in 1957 as a technical teacher, but inspired by his musical family, he took up the guitar and in time became a virtuoso soloist. At the age of 14 he started playing with the seminal group Grand Kalle et l'African Jazz, led by Joseph "Grand Kalle
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nico
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Chad
- Place of birth
- Kananga
- Place of death
- Brussels
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Genre
- soukous
- Instrument
- guitar
- Image
- Docteur Nico.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1939-07-07
- date of death
- 1985-09-22
- Commons category
- Nico Kasanda
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
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