gypsies de petion ville - Haiti Music Video

Gypsies de Petion Ville was founded in 1972 by two well-known musicians, Robert Martino and Pierrot Al Khal. These two were best known in playing Konpa music due to their unique talents coupled with creativity. In fact, Robert Martino started playing guitar and went public with his music, when he was about 16 years of age. He performed in various bands before creating one of its own bands, Gypsies de Petion Ville. However, he did not stop at that. He created more bands as time went by and as he met other talented persons in the music industry.

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Jean-Robert Hariss of Mini-Jazz group, D.P. Express, lost his life to a long-standing illness in 2008. He began his music career with the group in the latter part of the 60s, known back then as Les Difficiles de Pétion-Ville, part of the exploding Mini-Jazz movement. The movement began in neighborhoods surrounding Port-au-Prince in the mid-sixties.

Known affectionately as Porky to his family, friends, and other musicians, Jean-Robert Hariss earned critical acclaim as an outstanding electric bassist. As a leader at the forefront of Mini-Jazz, he helped to revolutionize the Kompa genre, Haiti's pop-dance music. A talented arranger and song-lyricist, he co-produced the 1980 major-hit single "David".

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