Franco & le TP OK Jazz - Francophonic vol. 1 (2008)
Franco & le TP OK Jazz - Francophonic vol. 1
African rumba | MP3 | 320 Kbps | 2 CD | 330 MB
Sterns 2008
African rumba | MP3 | 320 Kbps | 2 CD | 330 MB
Sterns 2008
Franco & Le TP OK Jazz wasn’t so much a band as an institution. Led by the eminent François Luambo Makiadi—le Grand Maître, the Sorcerer of the Guitar, the posthumous Commander of the Order of the Leopard of former Zaïre, or simply Franco—the band helped forge the immensely influential Afro-Cuban style once known as African rumba, now called soukous, out of clavé rhythms, the arpeggios and solos of the sebene, and of course Franco’s wicked guitar. The always impressively large band didn’t itself invent the genre, but Franco and co. certainly were its champions. For anyone curious about the history of African popular music, Francophonic is an invaluable resource, distilling Franco & Le TP OK Jazz’s humongous output (by one estimate, the band released many as 150 albums in four decades) into a two volume set. This first installation features 28 carefully selected tracks, a glossy booklet full of photos (including one of a smiling Franco in traditional garb groping a woman’s breast), and a detailed and insightful essay by compiler Ken Braun, mapping the band’s evolution from a scrappy beerhall act into an intercontinental powerhouse.01. Esengo ya mokili
02. Tika kondima na zolo
03. Anduku lutshuma
04. On entre O.K., on sort K.O
05. Tcha tcha tcha de mi amor
06. Mosala ekomi mpasi embonga
07. Sansi fingomangoma
08. Bato ya mabe batondi mboka
09. Bazonzele Mama Ana
10. Bolingo ya bougie
11. Ku Kisantu kikwenda ko
12. Tozonga na nganga wana
13. Annie ngai nalinga
14. Marie naboyi
15. Boma l'heure
16. Nzube oleka te
17. Likambo ya ngana
18. Infidelité Mado
01. AZDA
02. Mambu ma miondo
03. Minuit eleki Lezi
04. Mabele
05. Kinsiona
06. Alimatou
07. Chérie Bondowe 2
08. Liberté
09. Lisolo ya Adamo na Nzambe
10. Nalingaka yo yo te