Mario - Franco & T.P. O.K. Jazz
Album
François Luambo Makiadi, the towering colossus of Congolese rumba, achieved one of his greatest commercial triumphs with this sardonic narrative about a gigolo living off an older woman. Supported by his immense Tout Puissant O.K. Jazz ensemble, Franco's conversational vocal delivery alternates with his stinging, thumb-picked guitar runs. When the track drops into its extended sebene, interlocking clean guitars weave delicate counterpoint around driving congas.