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Spotlight on Congolese Superstar Franco
During the 1980’s, a lifetime’s worth of wonderful live African music performances took place in Los Angeles. African music filled KCRW's airwaves and local print media, and it seemed like a group came through on tour every week—Les Quatre Étoiles, Zäiko Langa Langa, Ebenezer Obey, King Sunny Adé, Barrister, Alpha Blondy, Fela Kuti, M’bilia Bel, Youssou N’Dour, to name just a few. Those shows were joyful and unforgettable, but sadly one African superstar never made it to Los Angeles, and that was the Congolese superstar Franco.
Not to be confused with the Spanish dictator, musician Franco (b. François Luambo Luanzo Makiadi, 1938-1989) was known variously by the nicknames “Le Grand Maïtre de la Musique Zaïroise (Congolaise)” as well as the “Congo Colossus” and “Sorcerer of the Guitar.” He fronted one of the most popular Congolese outfits from its inception in the 1950’s all the way to Franco’s death from AIDS in 1989. Franco wrote the son
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Fally Ipupa
Congolese musician (born 1977)
In this Congolese name, the surname is Ipupa and the post-surname is N'simba .
Musical artist
Fally Ipupa N'simba (born 14 December 1977), known professionally as Fally Ipupa, is a Congolese musician and dancer. Often referred to as the "Prince of Rumba",[1][2][3] he is noted for his tenor vocals[4] as well as his blend of contemporary and traditional Congolese music genres, including Congolese rumba, soukous, and ndombolo.[5][6][4][7] His lyrics often cover themes of romance, suffering, and joy.[5]
Ipupa made his public musical debut in 1997, at the age of 20, with the Kinshasa-based band Talent Latent.[8] In 1999, he joined Koffi Olomide's Quartier Latin International.[9][10] In 2006, Ipupa signed a record deal with Obouo Productions for his debut solo studio album, Droit Chemin, which attained a g
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TPOK Jazz
Congolese rumba band
Musical artist
OK Jazz, later renamed TPOK Jazz (short for Tout Puissant Orchestre Kinois dem Jazz), was a Congolese rumba grupp from the Democratic Republic of the Congo established in 1956 and fronted by Franco. The group disbanded in 1993, but reformed in 1996.
Location
[edit]The OK Jazz band was formed in 1956 in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa), in what was at the time the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). At one time in the late 1970s and early 1980s the band grew to more than fifty members. During that period, it often split into two groups; one group stayed in Kinshasa, playing in nightclubs there, while the other group toured in Africa, Europe and North amerika.
History
[edit]1950–1959
[edit]The musicians who started OK Jazz included Vicky Longomba, jean Serge Essous, François Luambo Makiadi, dem La Lune, Augustin Moniania Roitelet, La Monta LiBerlin, Saturnin Pandi, Nicolas Bosuma Bakili Dessoin and voc