Dr. Nico
b. 1939, Luluaborg, Zaire, d. 1985, Kinshasa, Zaire. A member of Joseph Kalle's African Jazz in the early '60s, guitarist and composer Nico went on to be a founder member, with Rochereau, of African Fiesta, one of the most popular and influential Zairean bands of the mid and late '60s. He retired from the music scene in the early '70s, but returned as a solo artist in 1983.