TPOK Jazz. 34 years after his death, Franco Luambo Makiadi's name still looms large over the world of Rhumba. Franco and his baby, the band TPOK Jazz are an indelible part of Rhumba.

Franco and Le TPOK Jazz Francophonic - Africa's Greatest - A Retrospective - Vol. 1 1953 - 1980 Sterns 2008 . During his 35 year recording career, the Congolese guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and ...

Famed for playing alongside Rumba icon Franco Luambo Makiadi during the band’s fabled era, Londa died March 7 . TPOK Jazz legend Josky Kiambukuta dead.

Analysis - FATE dealt music fans a cruel blow with the 1989 death of Franco Luambo Makiadi. He was one of the pace-setters of African jazz. In continuation to last week's feature on the life and ...

Arguably the most influential African band of the second half of the 20th century, TPOK Jazz were led by "Le Grand Maître" Luambo Makiadi "Franco", the formidable guitarist, singer and composer ...

Josky was one of the last stars of Tout Puissant Ok Jazz (TPOK Jazz), founded by Luambo Luanzo Makiadi, better known as Franco. Josky joined TPOK Jazz towards the end of the 1960s.

Franco Luambo Makiadi had a brother, ... “On the night, with Franco, Lucie and members of the TPOK Jazz band present, Bavon accused Franco of sleeping with Lucie,” Ewens wrote.

Many readers may not have heard ‘Col Bangala’, the eponymous title of a song by Franco Luambo Makiadi of the TPOK Jazz. Intended for Congolese, the song may not have won any international acclaim.

Zairian jazz guitarist and band leader FRANCO, 51, a leading force in African music who made more than 100 albums, died Thursday. Franco’s real name was Lokanga Ladjo Pene Luambo Makiadi.

Every facet of the life of the late Congolese and African music icon Luambo Makiadi, aka Franco, will be in the spotlight of special content on BBC Swahili marking the 20th anniversary of the ...