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Jean-Pierre Essome
(Cameroon)
Biography
Jean-Pierre Essome is part of a younger generation of Cameroonian
musicians that have combined makossa with Congolese influences. Since his first cassettes,
his harder hitting music is extremely dancable and made furore in Cameroonian discos.
Still a part-time musician, Essome is working as a manager in the hotel sector in Cameroon. He started in the music business practically by accident, although he sang in a choir since young age. His first cassette was self-produced after a misunderstanding with a producer. Since then, he became increasingly successful in Cameroon. In 2000, he toured extensively in Cameroon, and in 2005 he was also starring in a Nigerian-Cameroonian movie « Before the sunrise ».
Born:
Style: makossa and soukous
Still a part-time musician, Essome is working as a manager in the hotel sector in Cameroon. He started in the music business practically by accident, although he sang in a choir since young age. His first cassette was self-produced after a misunderstanding with a producer. Since then, he became increasingly successful in Cameroon. In 2000, he toured extensively in Cameroon, and in 2005 he was also starring in a Nigerian-Cameroonian movie « Before the sunrise ».
Born:
Style: makossa and soukous
Jean-Pierre Essome
Discography
| Title | Year | Label | Remarks |
| Invicible | 2008 | Ekila Music | |
| A César | 2003 | JPS Production CDJPS 239 | |
| Jakarta | 2000 | JPS Production CDJPS 075 | |
| Femme du voisin | 1998 | Sonima Music | Also on MC Pop Music MH 1111 (local cassette) |
| Plein ciel | 1998 | JPS Production | CD |
| Tchakala | 1998 | Cassette album | |
| Sécurité | 199? | Cassette album |
Sources
Page added November 2001