associated_acts years_active alias birth_place image_size name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
tpok jazz bana ok 1960 - current simaro massiya lutumba léopoldville republic of the congo -rrb- , belgian congo -lrb- now kinshasa , democratic -lrb- -rrb- only use for images smaller than 220 pixels simaro lutumba solo_singer 14 march 1939 rhythm guitar soukous simaro lutumba
 simaro lutumba composer , arranger , producer , guitarist
simaro lutumba

simaro massiya lutumba ndomanueno -lrb- born 14 march 1939 -rrb- , popularly known as simaro , is a soukous rhythm guitarist , songwriter and bandleader in the democratic republic of the congo -lrb- drc -rrb- .
he was a member of the seminal soukous band tpok jazz which dominated the congolese music scene from the 1960s through the 1980s .
