Genres Compas Genre Compas | Years active 1968–present | |
Origin Pétion-Ville, Haiti (1967) Albums 30 Years to the Zenith Members Roger M Eugene, Dener Ceide, Dadou Pasquet, Ralph Conde, Yves Abel | ||
Tabou Combo is a Haitian compas band that was founded in 1968 in Pétion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince. The orchestra has performed throughout the world (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and especially in the Caribbean). Tabou Combo was the first Haitian band to perform in Japan, Ivory Coast, Senegal among others, and were named the "Official Panamanian Band" in Panama due to their popularity, while also becoming the first Caribbean band to have a number one single in the French Hit Parade. They dynamically sung their songs in both English, French, Spanish and in Haitian Creole. Tabou Combo refer to themselves as the "ambassadors of konpa."
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Tabou combo jalousie 1985 top jeunesse
History
In 1968, band founders Albert Jr. Chancy and Herman Nau, performed their first concert. At first they named themselves, Los Incognitos because they were virtually unknown, but soon changed it in to "Tabou Combo" the following year to better fit Haitian culture. That year, the band won "Best Musical Group of the Year" in a televised talent contest, gaining a national reputation in Haiti and the sight of a promising international career.
Musical style
Tabou Combo's musical repertoire, is a mixture of vodou ceremonial rara drums, Haiti's French colonial kontradans and quadrilles, African soukous and funk from the American soul era, while commanding a dominant presence of compas.
Songs
MabouyaMusic Machine · 1978
Aux AntillesLive au Zénith - Les plus grands succès · 1989
Bolero Jouc Li Jou30 Years to the Zenith · 1998