{{Short description, Music band based in Tabora Region
Tabora Sound Band, formerly known as Tabora Jazz, is a seminal
Tanzania
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muziki wa dansi
Muziki wa dansi (in Swahili: "dance music"), or simply dansi, is a Tanzanian music genre, derivative of Congolese soukous. It is sometimes called Swahili jazz because most dansi lyrics are in Swahili, and "jazz" is an umbrella term used in Cent ...
band based in
Tabora
Tabora is the capital of Tanzania's Tabora Region and is classified as a municipality by the Tanzanian government. It is also the administrative seat of Tabora Urban District. According to the 2012 census, the district had a population of 226,999. ...
,
Tanzania
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Jeff Finke, ''The Rough Guide to Tanzania'' p. 545 /ref> and led by guitarist
Shem Ibrahim Karenga
Shem (; he, שֵׁם ''Šēm''; ar, سَام, Sām) ''Sḗm''; Ge'ez: ሴም, ''Sēm'' was one of the sons of Noah in the book of Genesis and in the book of Chronicles, and the Quran.
The children of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud ...
. In the 1970s, their song ''Dada Asha'' was a major hit in Tanzania and
East Africa
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Due to the historical ...
.''East Africa: Seventies Music is All the Rage Again'' (African Beats) /ref> They disbanded in the late 1970s but were later reformed by Karenga.