 Pari gbolohun yii: O jẹ ọmọ ẹgbẹ ẹgbẹ Rumba ti Congolese African Jazz ati pe o ti ṣe ifọwọsowọpọ pẹlu ọpọlọpọ awọn akọrin miiran, pẹlu Fania All Stars, Fela Kuti, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, King Sunny Adé, Don Cherry, ati Sly ati Robbie. O ṣe aṣeyọri atẹle ti o pọju ni Ilu Gẹẹsi pẹlu hit disco ti a pe ni Big Blow, ti a tu silẹ ni akọkọ ni ọdun 1976 ati tun ṣe idapọ bi 12  kan ni ọdun 1978 lori Island Records. Ni ọdun 1998, o ṣe igbasilẹ awo-orin CubAfrica pẹlu olorin ara ilu Cuba Eliades Ochoa. Níbi tí : Ni 16th Annual Grammy Awards ni 1974, o ti yan ni awọn ẹka ti o dara julọ R  B Instrumental Performance ati Ẹrọ Ẹrọ ti o dara julọ fun Ọkàn Makossa. 