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  "slug": "franco-and-tpok-jazz",
  "name": "Franco and TPOK Jazz",
  "description": "Franco and TPOK Jazz appears 2 times in our Congolese Rumba list, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/franco-and-tpok-jazz/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 2,
  "years": {
    "first": 1972,
    "last": 1985
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 2,
    "list": "Congolese Rumba"
  },
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    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "congolese-rumba",
      "name": "Congolese Rumba",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/congolese-rumba/",
      "entries": 2
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "franco-and-tpok-jazz--mario",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/franco-and-tpok-jazz--mario/",
      "title": "Mario",
      "year": 1985,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Franco at his most withering, lecturing a kept man for eleven minutes over a guitar figure that never tires. The Sorcerer of the Guitar, and the band that dominated four decades.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Franco%20and%20TPOK%20Jazz%20Mario",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=vaYDpxVhEFM",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 2,
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        "slug": "congolese-rumba",
        "name": "Congolese Rumba",
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      },
      "artist": "Franco and TPOK Jazz"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "franco-and-tpok-jazz--mokolo-nakokufa",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/franco-and-tpok-jazz--mokolo-nakokufa/",
      "title": "Mokolo Nakokufa",
      "year": 1972,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "A meditation on what happens the day he dies, delivered as a dance record. Franco's habit of putting the heaviest subject over the lightest rhythm.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Franco%20and%20TPOK%20Jazz%20Mokolo%20Nakokufa",
          "exact": false
        },
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          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 4,
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        "slug": "congolese-rumba",
        "name": "Congolese Rumba",
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      },
      "artist": "Franco and TPOK Jazz"
    }
  ],
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}