The return of Franco Luambo Makiadi's Orchestre TPOK Jazz. His only son out of nearly 20 children,Yves Luambo Emongo has revived his father's band and they play every sunday at the property his father used to rehearse at called 1,2,3 In Kinshasa. This is also Ferre Gola's base.

Good idea, but this is something that should have been done 25 years ago instead of debating on revenues and copyrights back then. However maybe then this son was only a young boy having control over nothing in this sense...

Good idea, but this is something that should have been done 25 years ago instead of debating on revenues and copyrights back then. However maybe then this son was only a young boy having control over nothing in this sense...

Thats exactly what happened,Franco's sibblings killed the band by trying to enforce a younger Madilu System as new President instead of Lutumba who was Franco's help.

Those syblings shouldn't have been allowed to decide about the internal matters of the band. I cannot see any logic in handing them the baton over when they had no experience in musicianship at all. It is similar to as if after the head of a company dies, they hand his seat over to a family member. That is nonsense. What part did the family of Franco took in building that band and composing songs? Nothing, they absolutely had no idea about what musicianship and band management is. Allowing them determining the future of the band was a total mistake and a slap on the face of fans and musicians.

Those syblings shouldn't have been allowed to decide about the internal matters of the band. I cannot see any logic in handing them the baton over when they had no experience in musicianship at all. It is similar to as if after the head of a company dies, they hand his seat over to a family member. That is nonsense. What part did the family of Franco took in building that band and composing songs? Nothing, they absolutely had no idea about what musicianship and band management is. Allowing them determining the future of the band was a total mistake and a slap on the face of fans and musicians.

In Africa when someone dies, especially the head of a family, the whole village clan arrive to loot what he left behind. I think Madilu System was also overzealous and showed lack of respect for Lutumba, Pepe Ndombe and many other older members of TPOK Jazz by trying to become President of the band through the help of Madilu's sisters.

I also heard about this story. Quite said there was not anyone in the cultural ministry to intervene and try to achieve something that is similar to this recent initiative. For example, if they declared OK Jazz a national heritage by law, maybe they could have kept it alive somehow and secure it from personal manipulations. Just a guess, though... Quite said nobody felt the importance of it. Not even Mobutu, that is a shame, too, considering how good his relation was with Franco, and that he wrote him several songs that praised him and supported him on elections. To those songs, the musicians added their own talent, too.

am  sure  people  are loving this  joint- I would  sleep  there too.