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Laurent de Wilde: A Man of Many Artistic Talents

It is hard to define what it is that makes an artist successful. Some consider talent and excellence in one field enough to define the character of an artist. For others, it is a relentless drive to learn as mu...
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Yellow Jackets «Impressive improvisation»

Yellow Jackets is a thirty-something-year-old band, which is rare enough to be mentioned. Their career has gone many roads, from jazz fusion to R&B, but their main characteristic is to always try and go for...
Sebastian Jordan

Sebastian Jordan- Soulful Contemporary Jazz 

Sebastian Jordan is a trumpet-player, producer and composer from Chile. He started his career by playing Latin Jazz and Salsa, and then evolved into modern jazz and more precisely improvised music. 2006 was whe...
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Thurgot Théodat « Voodoo-jazz »

Thurgot Théodat est un musicien haitien qui a découvert le jazz lorsqu'il étudiait à Paris. A vingt trois ans, il achète son premier saxophone, imprégné des sons de Braxton, Tayler, Coltrane ou Shepp. A son ret...
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Tabou Combo “Most famous Haitian band in the World”

Est-il vraiment nécessaire de présenter Tabou Combo ? Ce groupe légendaire haïtien a été fondé en 1967, et n'a cessé, depuis, de sillonner le monde, leur succès ne s'étant jamais démenti. Leurs messages sont pa...
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Etienne Charles ‘A first-rate blend of styles’

‘Jazz is Creole music’ says Etienne Charles, a young trumpet player born in Trinidad and who later emigrated to the US where he studied music. He is an exponent of a kind of original jazz where Afro-Caribbean i...
Follow Jah Regulars at the Festival

Follow Jah Regulars at the Festival

Performing together since 2001, the seventeen musicians that compose the marching-band Follow Jah usually perform in Petion-Ville for Carnival and other traditional and community occasions. Enjoying the support...
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Holly Holden “Cheerful Jazz, Caribbean influences”

Holly Holden is a singer from London, UK, whose melodies are catchy and cheerful. Her most eclectic career allowed her to collaborate with people as far apart on the musical map as rappers and folk artists. In ...