Career
Later, in the early 1970s, Michelino left Afrisa and joined TPOK Jazz, led by François Luambo Makiadi, which dominated the Congolese music scene from the 1950s through the 1980s. Born and raised by Angolan parents, in the Congolese port-city of Matadi, Micheliono moved to Kinshasa, as a teenager. Michelino now lives, plays and teaches music in Paris, France.
He has a band of about eight members.