Legendary TPOK Jazz crooner Josky Kiambukuta is dead. The Chandra singer died in a Kinshasa hospital on Sunday, March 7, to be yet another dark addition to fallen TPOK greats such as the band’s ...
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. And while the band outlived ...
During his 35 year recording career, the Congolese guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader Franco released several hundred singles and around 150 albums. Where does the anthologist begin, and ...
TPOK Jazz made efforts to carry on, as Franco wished, under Simaro Lutumba's leadership, but despite the respect that was given to him, Simaro lacked the shrewdness that was necessary to balance all ...
Congolese guitarist and songwriter who toured Europe with TPOK Jazz and gave a celebrated ‘unplugged’ performance at Womad in 2000 Papa Noël, who has died aged 83, was a songwriter and guitar hero ...
The full title of this double-CD set is Francophonic: Africa's Greatest - A Retrospective, Vol 1: 1953-1980, and if that seems more than a little grandiose, it's also perfectly accurate. The Congolese ...
Veteran Congolese singer Josky Kiambukuta died at a hospital in Kinshasa, the DR Congo, after a long illness. Josky was one of the few surviving members of the legendary TPOK Jazz. According to close ...
Paris-Congolese music legend Simaro Masiya Lutumba is dead, his son Salomon Lutumba has confirmed. The legendary TPOK Jazz deputy leader, composer, arranger and rhythm guitarist passed on at his home ...
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