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Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: Tata Nkiadi on March 06, 2019, 14:21

Title: OK Jazz is back... well sort of
Post by: Tata Nkiadi on March 06, 2019, 14:21

Emongo Luambo’s only son revived the band of his late father Franco 3 or so years ago. Since then, they’ve been doing shows at Chez 1-2-3 where even Djo Mpoyi’s son Erick (who sounds just like his father) joined for a stint.

As far as I know, Emongo is only managing the band. But I believe the only way this will work effectively if he becomes the face of the band or grooms someone young. They’re also going to need to find talented songwriters and composers as TP OK Jazz was not just a band but a rival school to Tabu Ley’s Afrisa. With that said, the video below isn’t an original but an updated version of one of Franco’s compositions. Perhaps Archos can give us more information about their next moves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdFs-fi1KU8

Title: Re: OK Jazz is back... well sort of
Post by: Drumstar98 on March 06, 2019, 15:15

Just wanted to add a little history back in 1995 Youlou Mabiala used to lead Ok Jazz until 2004 he suffered a stroke.