TPOK Jazz
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OK Jazz, later renamed TPOK Jazz, was a Congolese rumba band from the Democratic Republic of the Congo established in 1956 and fronted by Franco.
Members of OK Jazz in Brussels, 1961
Franco Luambo (right), Isaac Musekiwa (left), and Joseph "Mujos" Mulama (center) in Léopoldville, ca. 1963
Drummer of TPOK Jazz in Léopoldville
Congolese rumba
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Congolese rumba, also known as African rumba or Rumba Lingala, is a dance music genre originating in the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo and, in particular, the a
TPOK Jazz
…OK Jazz, later renamed TPOK Jazz (short for Tout Puissant Orchestre Kinois de Jazz), was a Congolese rumba band from the Democratic Republic of the Congo established in 1956 and fronted by Franco. After Franco died in 1989, Simaro Lutumba, the band's…
Bakolo Music International, a Congolese rumba band during a rehearsal in Kinshasa
A member of the Kinshasa-based band Konono Nº1 playing the likembe, a traditional thumb piano.
A Congolese rumba group performing in Léopoldville
Nico Kasanda leading the African Fiesta Sukisa orchestra