Kassav - Haiti Music Video

Jocelyn Beroard, a native of the Antilles, is one of the founding members of the zouk-influenced group Kassav', meaning cassava, a tuberous root used to make tapioca. Jocelyn began as a back-up singer in 1980, singing on Kassav''s second album Lagué mwen. Eventually, Jocelyn would become lead vocalist for the 15-member group, but not before they underwent many changes in their line-up. As Kassav' formed and re-formed, two dancers joined the group, a natural extension to the African and European cross-pollinating rhythms, which create an energetic and irresistible dance beat.

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Willy SALZEDO, pianist, author, type-setter, realizer, Guadeloupean arranger, has asserted himself as one of the famous artists of the West-Indian song for more than twenty years.

It is in 1983 that he shows his first talents while collaborating with Pierre Edouard Decimus the founder of the Kassav group.

But it is in 1986 that he acquires a certain level of success as a type-setter, realize, and an artistic director of singer Tanya St Val by composing for her his most successful pieces

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