What is "rock-a-mambo"

Orchestre Rock-a-Mambo was an African jazz band from Brazzaville of the 1950s. It was a studio band of the Esengo music studio.

The band name is a pun with the Kongolese word rocamambu "the one who looks for problems". In a Kongolese folk tale, Rocamambu is a kind of prodigal son, who runs from home and comes back rich.

The band ofnen merged with the musicians from the African Jazz band and sometimes produced recordings under the title ""African Rock".