TPOK Jazz

TPOK Jazz
Members of OK Jazz in Brussels, 1961
Background information
Also known asOK Jazz
OriginBelgian Congo
Republic of Congo
Zaire
GenresCongolese Rumba
Years active1956 (1956)–1993

OK Jazz, later renamed TPOK Jazz (short for Tout Puissant Orchestre Kinois de Jazz), was a Congolese rumba band from the Democratic Republic of the Congo established in 1956 and fronted by Franco. The group disbanded in 1993, but reformed in 1996.