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Rétrospective (Album) by Malavoi

Biografie van de kunstenaar Malavoi

Malavoi Was A Martinican Band Consisting Of Mano Césaire Jean-Paul Soïme Christian De Negri Denis Dantin And Marcel Rémion. They Formed In 1972 Naming Themselves After A Kind Of Sugarcane And A Street On Gorée A Senegalese Island. Many Of The Members Were Part Of The Merry Lads A Band From The Lycée Schoelcher And Many Had Been Students At Colette Franz A Music School. Malavoi's Style Mixes French Antillean Music With Modern Influences From Across The Americas Especially Caribbean And Brazilian Music As Well As Jazz. Their Early Popular Singles Included "Albé" And "En Lè Mon Là". The Band Was Soon Expanded To Include Saxophonist Bib Monville And Pianist Paulo Rosine. The Singers Alternated And Included Raymond Mazarin Pierre Jabert Maurice Marie-Louise Pierre Pastel And Julien Constance. Malavoi's First Album Was Malavoi Released In 1978 And Featuring Singer Ralph Thamar. The Band Broke Up Soon After However And Didn't Perform Again Until Re-Uniting Under Rosine's Leadership In 1981. Rosine Greatly Expanded The Fiddle Section First To Ten Performers Then Down To Four With Philippe Porry Taking Over For Dantin And Also Added Jean-José Lagier On Cello. Malavoi's Fame Soon Spread Across The Caribbean And Abroad With The 1983 Album Zouel Featuring Thamar On Vocals Along With Marie-José Alie. They Played At The Printemps De Bourges In 1983 And At The Caribbean Festival In Cartagena And Won The Caribbean Music Prize The Maracas D'Or As Well As Scoring The Film Rue Case Nègres. They Continued Touring Widely Into The Late 1980s In The United States France Japan Russia Brazil Canada And Ecuador. Thamar Was Replaced By Pipo Gertrude In 1988. In The Early 1990s The Band's Popularity Continued To Grow And The Membership Expanded With The Addition Of Singer Tony Chasseur. Their 1992 Matebis Included Collaborations With Numerous Caribbean Musicians Including Jocelyne Beroard Bethova Obas Kali Musician Edith Lefel And Tanya Saint-Val. Malavoi's Leader Paulo Rosine Died In 1993. He Was Replaced By José Privat While Two French Violinists Jean-Luc Pino And Daniel Dato Also Joined The Band's Leader Became Jean-Paul Soïme.

THUIS MALAVOI
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