The correct spelling is for this artist is Grand Kalle & L'African Jazz, please vote (ie: suggest the correction) on the bottom right of this page, thank you! Grand Kalle et l'African Jazz (often referred to simply as African Jazz) was perhaps the first full-time, professional band in what was then called Belgian Congo, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was founded by Joseph Kabasele Tshamala, popularly known as Grand Kalle. Among their most popular songs was "Independence Cha Cha Cha" (1960) the pan-African hit which