Jacques Schwarz-Bart
Jazz Racine Haiti

RELEASE DATE

February 11, 2014

TRACK LISTING

1. Kouzin
2. Bande
3. Blues Jonjon
4. Bade Zile
5. Night
6. Kontredans
7. Sept Fe
8. Vaudou Zepole
9. Je vous aime Kongo
10. Legba

RELEASE INFORMATION

At once an achievement of ethnomusicology and artistic innovation, Jacques Schwarz-Bart's revelatory new album, Jazz Racine Haiti, fuses modern jazz and Haitian ritual music.

With haunting vocals by voodoo priests, this unprecedented project reveals powerful facets of the spirituality of voodoo while remaining deeply rooted in the jazz idiom.

Featuring Etienne Charles, Reggie Washington and Ben Williams, and vocals by Erol Josué, Stephanie McKay and Rozna Zila.

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