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A young Franco Luambo playing the six-string guitar on a wooden chair outside a house in Léopoldville in 1956. François Luambo Luanzo Makiadi was born on 6 July 1938 in Sona-Bata [], a town located in then-Bas-Congo Province (now Kongo Central), in what was then the Belgian Congo (later the Republic of the Congo, then Zaire, and currently the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
"Mario" is a song by Congolese guitarist Franco and his group TPOK Jazz from his eponymous 1985 album. It is considered to be the musician's biggest hit. [1] Written and composed by Franco, the theme of the song is the story of a gigolo who lives with an older woman. Although he is a graduate, he prefers to spend his partner's money. [2]
Omona Wapi is an album by Congolese singer-songwriters and bandleaders Franco (Francois Luambo Makiadi) and Tabu Ley Rochereau. [1] Both artists competed for popularity in Africa in the latter half of the 20th century as they contributed to the development of soukous. [2]
Franco Luambo Makiadi, leader of the band. TPOK Jazz had many members over the nearly 38 years of its existence. [16] The list of band members reads like a "Congolese Music Hall of Fame Inductees". Many members came and went, with many of those who left coming back, some on more than one occasion. Here are some of the members of the band. [17] [18]
In 1953, the Congolese music scene began to differentiate itself with the formation of African Jazz (led by Joseph "Le Grand Kallé" Kabasele), the first full-time orchestra to record and perform, and the debut of fifteen-year-old guitarist François Luambo Makiadi (aka Franco). Both would go on to be some of the earliest Congolese music stars.
Mayaula Mayoni (1945 - 2010) was a soukous recording artist, composer and vocalist, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He was once a member of the soukous band TPOK Jazz, led by François Luambo Makiadi, which dominated the Congolese music scene from the 1950s through the 1980s. [1]
During its early development, African Jazz maintained a strong rivalry with Leopoldville's other major "rumba orchestra", OK Jazz, led by Franco Luambo Makiadi. [6] The rivalry manifested in a move towards different musical styles by both bands which would define the two schools of Congolese rumba that emerged in the period. [6]
François Luambo Makiadi (a.k.a. "Franco") - Congolese musician; founder of the seminal group OK Jazz; Michelino Mavatiku Visi (a.k.a "Michelino") - Soukous recording artist, composer, guitarist and vocalist. Nico Mbarga - lead guitarist; composer of the hit song "Sweet Mother" Louis Mhlanga - Zimbabwean guitarist and producer