Nemours Jean Baptiste and the Compas Pioneers. Nemour Jean Baptiste is credited with creating Compas (konpa) Direk, a style of Haitian music. The BBC has described him as Haiti's most influential band leader. Compas Direct, the most popular of Haitian music- was indeed created by Nemours Jean Baptiste (born in February 1918), a virtuoso saxophonic. From an historical and logical perspective, Nemours alone did not create Compas Direk. He had the enlisted help of some of the greatest Haitian musicians, which included virtuous saxophonic Weber Sicot (born in 1930), Julien Paul, an… read more
Nemours Jean Baptiste and the Compas Pioneers. Nemour Jean Baptiste is credited with creating Compas (konpa) Direk, a style of Haitian music. The BBC has described him as Haiti's most influential band leader. Compas Direct, the most popular of Haitian music- was indeed created by Nemours… read more
Nemours Jean Baptiste and the Compas Pioneers. Nemour Jean Baptiste is credited with creating Compas (konpa) Direk, a style of Haitian music. The BBC has described him as Haiti's most influential band leader. Compas Direct, the most popular of Haitian music- was indeed created by Nemours Jean Baptiste (born in February 1918), a virtuoso saxophonic. From an h… read more