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Down memory lane with TPOK Jazz Orchestra

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TPOK Jazz

34 years after his death, Franco Luambo Makiadi's name still looms large over the world of Rhumba.

Franco and his baby, the band TPOK Jazz are an indelible part of Rhumba. And while the band outlived him, it did not last long. But how did TPOK Jazz Orchestra come to be?

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