Franco - Rough Guide to Franco: Africa's Most Legendary Guitarist

Finally there is an overview in the West of the great Franco, father of the OK Jazz style, literally the most innovative, diverse, and prolific guitarist in the history of recorded music from the continent of Africa. Franco originally hailed from Kinshasa, Zaire (now called the Democratic Republic of Congo), and this set chronicles his major stylistic developments and shifts from 1956 -- the seminal "Merengue" is included here -- to his final single, 1987's "Attention Na Sida" (Beware of AIDS). Read More