Tag Archives: Compas

Les Jazz des Jeunes was formed in the1940s by saxophonist Rene St-Aude and were able to successfully mix golf swing with African-Haitian music referred to as compas.

A Martiniquan music group led by drummer, singer, and songwriter Jean-Michel Cabrimol, and among a few, including Diapason, Filpak, and Nouvelle Galaxie, that specializes in taking part in a Martiniquan edition of vintage Haitian mini-jazz. La Maafia’s albums are usually an equilibrium of uptempo dance figures and sluggish ballads graced …

An enigmatic guitarist and singer, Coupé Cloué acquired this nickname (translated as “kickout”) from his prowess over the soccer field. He’s well-known, or rather notorious, for his lyrics filled with sexual double-entendres, lengthy “raps” which range from risqué to intimate, and public satire. His “compas mamba” (peanut compas) appear very …

Shaped in Haiti as Shleu-Shleu, Skah Shah was reorganized by vocalist Joe Ely “Cubano” Telfort following he shifted to NY within the mid-’70s. Their method of Haiti’s compas and zouk customs has been referred to by www.real.com seeing that “easy rhythms (that) are inviting for dancers who have are entertained …