Speaking to the Saturday Nation, Fan Fan said Franco’s son, Emongo, who has been mobilising former members of his father’s band for a reunion, had invited him alongside Lutumba for the get-together.
From Kinshasa, Mose Fan Fan will come to Nairobi to finalise the production of a new album he is working on at Tabu Osusa’s Ketebul Music Records. “I will work with some Kenyan and Congolese musicians based in Nairobi,” Mosese said.
As fans of Franco mark his 27th anniversary on October 12, only two former members of the TPOK Jazz are still based in Kinshasa — Simaro, Brazzos, Others in Brazzaville and Europe.
Veteran Congolese musician Mose Fan Fan will return to Kenya for recording and a Franco memorial show. Fan Fan, composer of the hit song Papa Lolo, returns to the country seven months after his last successful tour. The UK-based singer was last here in March for a visit dubbed the ‘Papa Lolo Tour’ before travelling to his homeland, DR Congo.
Just like in March, Fan Fan, who has been in the music world since the 1960s, will also visit Congo. He is best remembered for the song Dje Melasi, which he recorded with Franco’s TPOK Jazz.
