FRANCO ET L'ORCHESTRE O.K. JAZZ - LA RUMBA DE MI VIDA (2LP)

"After the double LP 'The Loningisa Years 1956-1961', released in 2017, Planet Ilunga continues to explore the monumental oeuvre of Congo's most legendary band O.K. Jazz with the new 2LP compilation 'La Rumba de mi Vida'. It displays the full extent to which O.K. Jazz and its bandleader Franco explored Congolese rumba in the sixties and early seventies. Each of the four sides on this double LP presents a different facet of O.K. Jazz. The songs presented on this album, made in collaboration with Franco's son Yves Luambo Emongo, justify why Franco was (and still is) regarded as the greatest portraitist of Congolese society." (label info)