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Wonderful stuff. Thank you so much. When I looked up Afai Bawon Ja, it looked like KSA mixed and matched album sides: I look forward to much more of this kind of discovery as I explore and follow this guide.

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My friendly and idle contrarianism rears its head to say: great list! Lots of great tunes on here I'd never heard before. That said...AZDA; great tune, but it's never made me see God like "Bina na ngai na respect", "Sandoka (maybe my favorite OK Jazz number), "Kimpa kisangameni", "Non", "Matata ya mwasi na mobali esilaka te" or a handful of other's whose names escape me at the moment.

I guess what I really mean is: I envy anyone out there who just heard AZDA for the first time and is curious what else OK Jazz (and Rochereau, and Dr. Nico, and Langa-Langa....) were capable of, I envy you. An ocean of joy awaits.

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I tried to talk myself out of "AZDA" as number these last few weeks but couldn't do it. There's definitely a space for an enterprising writer to list their top 25 (50?) (100?) Francos…

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Thanks for this comment. I hadn't heard AZDA before seeing this list, and have been loving all the other TPOK music I've been discovering since. However.. I must match your friendly contrarianism to point out that a lot of these tunes are from the 80s so wouldn't be eligible for this particular list.

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