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OK Jazz (later TPOK Jazz, short for Tout Puissant Orchestre Kinshasa) was a Congolese rumba band, founded by Jean Serge Essous and Francois Luambo Makiadi in the 1950s. The original name, OK Jazz, comes from a bar called the OK Bar, but has also been said to refer to Orchestre Kinois. OK Jazz quickly became one of the two giants of Congolese popular music in the mid-20th century, along with African Jazz. Many musical stars emerged from one or both of these bands.

Personnel

Jean Serge Essous: clarinetist and saxophonist
Mose Fan Fan
Josky Kiambukuta Londa: singer and composer, also of Orchestre Continentale and African Fiesta
Biallu Madilu: singer and composer, also of Afrisa International
Franco Luambo Makiadi, guitarist
Sam Mangwana
(known as La Pigeon Voyageur): singer, also of Festival Macquisards
Zitani Dalienst Ya Ntesa: singer and composer, also of Vox Africa and Festival de Macquisards
Lutumba Massiya Simarro (known as Le Grande Poette): guitarist and composer, joined in 1963, also of Orchestre Micra
Mavatiku Visi (known as Michelino): guitarist, also of Afrisa International

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