Ladja
Context
Track from Family Tree, Grégory Privat's first album for ACT, in trio with Linley Marthe and Tilo Bertholo. The piece is inspired by the ladja, the traditional martial art of Martinique, on an album steeped in biguine and bèlè.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Antillean jazz (biguine, gwoka), French jazz. Among the origins and influences of Antillean jazz: Afro-diasporic roots, New Orleans jazz, Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban.