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Let's Just BasH!

Jowee Omicil · 2017

Context

Opening track of Let's BasH!, released in 2017 on Jazz Village. Born in Montreal to Haitian parents and based in Paris, Jowee Omicil recorded the album in the south of France. He blends Creole roots, gospel, soul, and hip-hop on it; he says he wants "jazz to become popular again."

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Antillean jazz (biguine, gwoka). Among the origins and influences of Antillean jazz: Afro-diasporic roots, New Orleans jazz, Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban.

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