T.P. O.K. Jazz - Kizungu-zungu (1991)

Song, composed by Papa Noel, performed by the T.P. O.K. Jazz at a concert in Paris in 1991. Lead singer: the late Aimé Kiwakana, supported by Lola Djangi 'Chécain' and Lukoki Diatho.
Note the strange balance in the mix, with an emphasis on Lutumba Simarro's 'guitare accompagnement'. Papa Noel's guitar is almost inaudible.
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[@davidocheng2824]

Play all the music you want but none beats TP OK Jazz

[@albertchigoche727]

We Africans Are very rich not only in Natural Resources ,but in everything ......

[@mauricemzwinila8041]

The great TP OK Jazz Band ! Their music will never be forgotten . This band , and their mentor Franco , gave us so much beautiful Rhumba music . Their music will always be appreciated .

[@abdulrazakkamara3974]

Yes, most of these legendary artists are gone. Really sad!! Rest In Perfect Peace dear brothers, you are truly missed. To be absent from us with the body is to be present with God in Heaven. Please continue to release more hits until we meet someday another ten thousand years to come!!!

[@ANDAREJO]

This was after the death of Le Grand Maîtré Franco Luambo Makiadi(RIP). Big up Aimé Kiwakana(RIP) the lead vocalist here. With the back up of Djo Mpoyi(RIP), Lola Checain(RIP) & Diatho Lukoki. Guitarists are Flavien Makabi ~ bass, Lutumba Ndomanueno aka Simaro Massiya ~ rhythm, Bohomba Boteku Pierre aka Franco Mongo ~ mi-solo & Nedule Nono aka Papa Noel ~ solo

[@jeancreator7035]

Grand merci pour ces précieuses informations.

[@ANDAREJO]

@@jeancreator7035 Merci

[@abdulshariff4739]

Asante James for your superb intro of this legends

[@rodgersmbogo1575]

I can't stop listening to you, Kikwana.. for the umpteenth time, I get myself listening to this classic hit of Papa Nedule Nono Noel ❤❤❤❤❤

[@ogetoj6245]

Kizungu-zungu was a Papa Noel composition, carefully picking the Lead vocalist of Aime Kiwakana to marshall the talents of unforgivable galaxy of the ever humble Lola Chicain, tall handsome Djo Mpoyi and silently striking Diatho Lukoki to sum up the never aging song. Forever grateful for your feat!! Dr. Ogeto Internatio 6:11 nal

[@wambongibofaka8825]

Rip aimé kiwakana vive l'artiste , belle voix .

[@paulmalatou7188]

7⁷

[@kabambajibikilay1839]

Ce n'est pas carlyto qui a chanté cette chanson ?

[@robinchristian3125]

I was lucky enough to attend two concerts they performed in Dar es Salaam. They went back to Kinshasa and split up effectively ending the TP OK Jazz reign. Bana OK was formed as an outcome of that sad milestone.

[@othumanlorenzo260]

I was too young those days..... standard one at mapambano primary school dsm

[@kags5779]

TPOK couldn't hold together without Franco

[@ANDAREJO]

@@kags5779 Franco was TP OK Jazz and TP OK Jazz was Franco

[@kags5779]

@@ANDAREJO you are right.

[@georgeojwang9755]

Francos family brought the split, they still wanted lions share even after francos demise

[@Millionaire0576]

Since I stumbled on this beautiful masterpiece , I have watched it non stop several times.

[@richardgaya3965]

Kiwakana's unique vocals underpinned many of OK Jazz's numbers....a beautiful voice indeed...had a distinctly sweet-sad haunting/ or call it infectious/ edge to it ....the glue that held the vocal ranges together in unison...This Artist just like his colleagues Lukoki, and to some extent Checain , never received the broader mention and acclaim which was certainly duly DESERVED!!!!

[@muyambwamumonaliywa2240]

The comment equally applies to Papa Noel (NONO) the composer who also produced (Bon Samaritan)whose works still stand out

[@georgeojwang9755]

Very true the unsung heroes of TPOK jazz dont know why

[@georgeojwang9755]

Very true brother i hear Franco sidelined them coz they were very close to Simarro lutumba , and if ur very keen you'll notice they only appeared on Lutumbas compositions

[@ANDAREJO]

@George Ojwang I beg to differ. TP OK Jazz was teeming with talent. Again it should not be lost to us that Lutumba Ndomanueno aka Simaro Massiya (RIP) was recruited into TP OK Jazz primarily as a composer and was the main song writer for TP OK Jazz and also played rhythm guitar in most of his compositions. He was the soul of the band and no one including Franco himself composed more songs than Le Poeté who also deputised Le Grande Maitre as vice president of TP OK Jazz. In the 80s Aimé Kiwakana featured in many songs especially as back for Josky and even had his own composition like "Eperdument" under the TP OK JAZZ label. The quartet of Josky Kiambukuta, Aimé Kiwakana, Lokombe Ntal, and Madilu System teamed up in a number of albums or LPs

[@erickmabongah1986.]

❤

[@joaoalmeidabarbosa5298]

Aimé kiwakana, Belle voix original que ton âme repose en paix.

[@francismuiruri9064]

Must have watched this video 100 times. So good and Carlitos as well.

[@georgeouma5124]

May the soul of Kiwakana continue resting in peace

[@williamabineni8778]

Real, original and vividly team-delivered. TPOK Jazz remains one of the most professional band with every member the ''best among equals''!

[@ANDAREJO]

Well said

[@etssoleildafrique7774]

Hoooo Afrique mon Afrique que de belles choses.

[@TafadzwaJengwa]

Ouis!!

[@iansides63]

Great stuff. Really like Aime Kiwakana's voice

[@muyambwamumonaliywa4645]

The voice of Kiwanaka which I mentioned was missing in the HOMMAGE of Josky

[@chrissimbiri1023]

This is a great piece. Aime Kiwakana rest in Peace.

[@georgeojwang9755]

Very true the unsung hero in the TPOK jazz

[@simenyasikhulu]

Great siinging. RIP.

[@Lecroisémoderne6059]

J aime trop cette chanson

[@brianadira128]

The most painful thing is that ¾ of the vocalist that is Djo Mpoyi, Lola & Aime died 18 months later after Franco Luambo

[@NIPITIENIPLEASE]

And Musekiwa Issac

[@kennedymulenga9339]

Nice piece of Music ❤

[@rodgersmbogo1575]

Kikwana doing his thing, thanks dad for introducing and grooming to this genre of music am almost 50 n I cant listen to anything else

[@associationdesmedecinscong6037]

Merci 🙏 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩

[@francismuiruri9064]

Most talented band ever

[@gerryag.m7299]

The sound is much better in this concert (1991) I am so used to the older songs

[@hempstoneo8697]

Legendary vocalists

[@stanleymbehero9874]

Beautiful voices.

[@juliebambi5189]

Franco Luambo makiadi immortel ❤❤❤❤🇨🇩🇨🇩

[@patrickrotich435]

Lead vocalist Aime Kiwamana Rip As you dance with angels.

[@godfreyambundo4878]

This voice of aime kiwakana tpok jazz ilike it,,

[@ndamitambwe6190]

YOKA VOIX ; AH VIEUX AIMÉ KIAWAKANA ; NALELI ; UN GRAND CHANTEUR; AH LA MORT

[@laffalil]

That was amazing! 👍🏾

[@naphtalabuor5134]

Fantastic performance

[@MusicShaddyRaddy]

There used to be a full version of this whole concert but sadly, KZbin terminated it.

[@francismuiruri9064]

Do you have any link?

[@charlesmunyaka9463]

Nice music to the whole world

[@judymola3958]

2024 still here in November ❤

[@maxminemazulaemmanuel916]

My best musician from aftica

[@michaelimbiru6739]

Legends are made of this

[@lennoxobuong9996]

The name of this track is "Madiabuana". A composition of Papa Noel. At the vocals is Aime Kiwakana.

[@WorldSrv]

I understand why you think that this song is called 'Madiabuana', - but it is not. On the original lp the titles were mixed up. If you listen to the songs, however, you will soon discover which title belongs to which song. The composer and lead vocal are already mentioned, by the way.

[@kiminyeiorfelix]

@@WorldSrv Thats tue. This song and madiabuana are different. I think theres a mixup between the two. They are both in the album Bel Ami, done by Papa Noel.

[@johnmapunda99]

I think the original vocalist was Carlito Lassa

[@francismuiruri9064]

@@johnmapunda99 yes he was

[@MartinKapoba]

I love the song ❤

[@kastigotheproducer]

focus on the rithym, the base, the compass... i love african music

[@noahndunde3166]

The vocals have Djo Mpoyi,Aime Kiwakana,Lola!!

[@djimindenga3815]

Je me souviens ces années là bon samaritain avec papa Noël de belle voix de djo mpoyi aime kiwakana et Lola checain

[@danielrasugu2425]

Just like Pele was a complete footballer, Franco was a complete musician. Very good both on the guitar 🎸 and as a vocalist and you know what their origin is from Zaire the current DRC!!! So DRC produced the best in these two legends that the world witnessed and actually saw!

[@abdunur4585]

Ohhh.! Mokili ya Nzambe, One way kaka.

[@paulinengamayilabaki8682]

aaaaaah! Motema pasi nako mona bino wapi lisusu EEEEEEEEEEEEEH! Mokili😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢eh!Kinshasa

[@jamenwanyama1564]

A great composition and arrangements

[@hanbyeol12]

This is great...

[@masikasimiyu]

Aime Kiwakana😍😍

[@kevinoywa-wn9en]

Lugendo thanks

[@samweliemanuelisir5311]

Not Lugendo

[@harmanyndondanzela1157]

vraiment la vie des hommes sur terre n'est qu'un passage 🚶

[@johnmapunda99]

Tres bien

[@zulirawia6590]

Asiyekupenda achanaye

[@marierosebombo7187]

Ok.merci bravo merci

[@lorimarmanagement3330]

Bantu language is very romantic,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@dianaokwach4008]

ooh God..Djo Mpoyi

[@alexandrerobert123]

C Carlito Lassa qui l'a chanté au studio . Kizungu zungu signé par papa Noel sous ok jazz

[@paulinengamayilabaki8682]

eeeeeeeh! Papa LOKOMBE 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@gakoulakissantou7224]

Great music

[@bobobiboss8823]

Paul Kagamé argent 🇨🇩2006..2022

[@johnashihundu1156]

There is also Djo Mpoyi on vocals

[@dennisaraka6]

True

[@samweliemanuelisir5311]

Djo was beneath Aime & Mpudi Decca

[@briansureobino]

Sadly, the lead vocal here (aime kiwakana) died a year after this concert due to a brain tumor

[@nairobilegalofficer7429]

Aime kiwakana

[@GeorgeOngany-z3z]

At this time Franco was no more, very sad!

[@Zaramoku]

Other than Pap Noel, it seems that everyone else on that stage is dead. That's sad because this event is less than three decades old and most of these folks were in their 40s then. Life expectancy of Congolese musicians, and people, is really low.

[@manferdbitala777]

I can see Flavien Makabi on bass, I think he is still alive, not sure if Lola is also dead

[@manferdbitala777]

Lukoki diatho is also alive I hope

[@Zaramoku]

@@manferdbitala777: Makabi is alive; Lola is dead. Not sure of Diatho but if you say he's alive, then he's alive, and that's good news.

[@ANDAREJO]

What caused this low life expectancy? Was it the SIDA pandemic?

[@Zaramoku]

@@ANDAREJO A handful of them succumbed to it but most of their deaths stemmed from overindulgence in alcohol and drugs. Added to their peril was impoverishment -- the money they made wasn't commensurate to their excruciating workloads. Those who didn't write songs barely made livings, even some song writers were cheated. Long after Franco was dead, Lola Chechain found out (from a reporter who was interviewing him) that a song he had submitted to the band in the late 1980s, but was told that it didn't make the cut, was actually released by Franco on a different label and made lots of money, none of which a he saw a dime. He asked for the song to be played to him (which the reporter did) for him to believe that the song was indeed released.

[@nairobilegalofficer7429]

Some kiwakana

[@CossamMudogo-c2u]

❤😂 very interesting

[@Lecroisémoderne6059]

❤️❤️❤️

[@yandisilvestre355]

RIP Simaro Lutumba

[@ryeedaschool]

Top hit

[@collinsolemo336]

Legends

[@Kelemba]

That's a keen observation on the sound level mix of Simaru's rhythm guitar versus Papa Noel's lead. Pity Aimé, Lola and Djo Mpoyi died in quick succession after this.

[@michaelimbiru6739]

Great job by Aime, now Paul is Papa Noel still alive, a great composer and guitarist in his own right

[@peterabwao3150]

Hello Maddo! Lola Checain is still a life. we lost Djo Mpoyi and Aime Kiwakana.

[@macanderesnowdown5884]

@@peterabwao3150 Lola Djangi Checain died in 1992

[@alfredodhiambo5261]

Sad but we accept

[@stanleypetermugenimoungang6996]

like rumba music.

[@richardmananga7915]

Album de mbuta Noel Nedule " Bon samaritain"

[@noahndunde1038]

Who's this on tumba, and what of the guy on Simaro's right playing the guitar? What of the vocalist on Papa Noel's left and the on the extreme right?? OK jazz is as hot as lava from a volcano!!!

[@zoladilavo981]

😭😭😭😭😭💔

[@wilsonodipo7193]

@Worldserv please post the rest of the 1991 Paris tour as well.

[@charleswamalwa3388]

GOOD ONE

[@peterabwao3150]

Djo Mpoyi is also on the line up of vocalists

[@EmmanuelOmaki]

very good music. but the seben part is cut off.

[@kapumbu1763]

🙏🏽💫👌🏽🥰❤️

[@ramsesinjihbiem9681]

Naleli quoi... boza wapi .. ? Kat Isuku, Dick Kibwasa, Nzamblos le bourgeois, Nzuzi Taylor, Maf Mafinga et John Kayumba ..

[@okendewilliam7100]

Naleli naleli

[@rhumbajkjaredkengara2191]

Who knows more of Aime immediate family

[@namithaliemendes3622]

J'aime cette chanson

[@agathenta3161]

J'aime cette chanson

[@nzuzimbudi9149]

Suka elengi makasi

[@walterorayo5665]

wonderful!

[@kabambajibikilay1839]

Qui a chanté cette chanson au studio 🎙 c'est LASSA CARLYTO OU AIME KIWAKANA?

[@etimkooroumoune5041]

Grrand aime

[@jeanbaptistemisuemi4876]

VIEUX NA BISO YA BUMBOU NA MAYOULOU

[@masikasimiyu]

This is the Abidjan Concert ?

[@georgeojwang9755]

Papa lutumba singing on his own composition marvelous

[@peteramimo9371]

Everything is relaxed and natural.Simply good piece.

[@ANDAREJO]

This was after the death of Le Grand Maîtré Franco Luambo Makiadi(RIP). Big up Aimé Kiwakana(RIP) the lead vocalist here. With the back up of Djo Mpoyi(RIP), Lola Checain(RIP) & Diatho Lukoki. Guitarists are Flavien Makabi ~ bass, Lutumba Ndomanueno aka Simaro Massiya ~ rhythm, Franco Mongo ~ mi-solo & Nedule Nono aka Papa Noel ~ solo

[@kennedyontuga9106]

@@ANDAREJO who is Franco Mongo

[@ANDAREJO]

@@kennedyontuga9106 His real name is Bohomba Boteku Pierre alias Franco Mongo. He joined TP OK Jazz after Franco’s death but died soon after. He was to fill Franco’s singing and lead/mi-solo role. Rumor has it he was cursed for filling Luambo’s shoes

[@worldscaperelaxation503]

This is a composition by papa noel for the album Bel ami

[@samweliemanuelisir5311]

In my opinion, Aime was better than Tabuley behind the 🎤 🎙 🎤 the first time I've seen Simaro active on Chorus

[@didierndongalakimfiata3086]

Kiwakana

[@abdulzaid684]

can someone translet for us about this music ples

[@LasaboNyaruga]

Huyu anayeimbisha anaitwa nani

[@noahndunde3166]

Who's this on tumba? And the guitarist on Simmaro's right?

[@georgesang7008]

What about the guy on drums, name please

[@jm04151975]

I see a frail looking Djo Mpoyi , not Lukaki Diatho on this video.

[@wilsonodipo7193]

Lukoki Diatho is right there next to Lola Checain

[@dennisokwanya8854]

jm04151975 LUKOKI

[@sharleensule411]

Diatho is at the far end, left of Lola

[@micheldilama3390]

@@dennisaraka6 Carlito.

[@jm04151975]

@@wilsonodipo7193 Anene!

[@noahndunde3166]

Who's this on tumba!!!

[@francescookinyi3244]

TP ok

[@erickmabongah1986.]

Who is this man on drums?

[@worldmusicarchives7950]

Makwala Bibeson

[@georgesang7008]

What's the name of this soloist?

[@fadas8433]

Aime Kiwakana mais il est décédé 1 an après ce concert c'est à dire en 1992

[@hanbyeol12]

This is great.

[@didierndongalakimfiata3086]

Aimé kiwakana