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Mélissa Laveaux · 2018

Context

Track from "Radyo Siwèl," an album released on February 2, 2018 on No Format!, in which Mélissa Laveaux revisits traditional Haitian songs. The album is a return to the family heritage that her parents had not passed on to her.

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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