Zambian Music. From Benson Simbeye comes this very early Zambian Music Parlour release Yesu Tukolese / Chinokole in Bemba. Yesu Tukolese roughly means "Jesus provides comfort." IT's definately the highlight of this record and a great song. Simbeye was an early ZMP performer and, in fact, on the label, five consecutive records ZMPS 017 through ZMPS 021 were his.
Benson Simbeye was a contemporary and early bandmate to Nashil Pichen Kazembe. He was a member of Pichen's the Equator Sound Band and was involved in both Congolese and Zambian music for many years. He is not as well known as Pinchen or bandmate Peter Totsi Juma, but like his contemporaries, left a mark on Zambian music.
Born in Zambia in 1941, he was a self taught guitar player. In the early 1960's he traveled to east Africa, eventually settling in Mombasa. There he became involved in the thriving local music scene and eventually met Kazembe and Juma. He eventually joined Kazembe's Congo River Kids Band and in 1961, followed the band to Nairobi, Kenya where it eventually became Equator Sound Band. Around 1974, he became an early artist on the Zambian Music Parlour label. He released a number of local Zambian hits in the 1970's and 80's with one of his songs championing the plight of the disabled. He was sadly killed in a mugging near his home in Ndola in 2000.
00:00 Yesu Tukolese
03:35 Chinokole
Zambia Music Parlour
ZMPS 018
1975?
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