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		Konpa Direct, the most popular of Haitian music was originated in 1955 by Nemours Jean Baptiste, a saxophonist (born in 1914) and Weber Sicot, a saxophonist (born in 1934).
		Nemours Jean Baptiste and Weber Sicot were on the scene and a better position to record their music(on vinyl and/or A track).
		Nemours and his group was said to have memorized the international audience.
	www.clubdesfans.com /Nemours.htm (1370 words)

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		Raymond Gaspard, Nemours’ guitarist, is credited with the term konpa-direk that became the commercial label for the new sound, The term konpa refers simply to ‘beat,’ and direk (direct) to the harmonic structure inspired by Dominican music.
		Historian Jean Fouchard, in his 1973 book, longed for the return of the mereng: after its long ordeal imposed at the time by the popularity of the...
		Nemours’ simple commercial style was perfectly tailored to the needs of the incipient music industry and the (primarily urban) mass audience to which it catered.
	www.columbia.edu /ccnmtl/draft/ben/washburne/texts/part2.txt (680 words)

	Music Of Haiti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Webert Sicot and Nemours Jean Baptiste became the two major powers in the group.
		Nemours played a popular, improvised, mambo-influenced style called compas direct, while Sicot's sophisticated, Cuban-influenced "cadence rampa" was inaccessible to mainstream listeners.
		Haitian rapping was a major part of the country's musical scene by the late 1980s, laying the groundwork for the emergency of Haitian Wyclef Jean and The Fugees.
	music-of-haiti.wikiverse.org (827 words)

	50 ans compas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Ces derniers prétendaient que Nemours avait galvaudé notre danse nationale, avec une certaine musique basée essentiellement sur des rythmes folkloriques joués pour la galerie depuis les temps immémoriaux, tels que: radas, pétros, congo...
		Nemours observait attentivement Destinoble afin de lui voler son métier de clarinettiste.
		On peut facilement deviner pourquoi Nemours avait choisi un 25 juillet pour former son ensemble.
	www.tnh.ht /compas50ans/jr.htm (1493 words)

	Sakapfet Online Store::.... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The origin of KONPA DIRECT, as it is well known, began with Nemours Jean Baptiste (born in 1914) and Weber Sicot (born in 1934) when the two musicians formed Coronto International on July 26, 1955.
		In 1955, Nemours Jean Baptiste became the maestro of Coronto.
		Nemours changed the name of the band to "Enssemble Au Calbasse" (and later to "Enssemble Nemours Jean-Baptiste") which featured the talents of Julien Paul, Pierre Blain, Arthur Louvelass, Leconte Vilvaless, Louis Layance, Jean Claude Paul, and Willy La Croix.
	www.sakapfetstore.com /do/item?ref=74289421995933793 (154 words)

	BBC - Radio 3 - World - Guide to World Music: Haiti
		Opening with Nemours Jean Baptiste and compas direct, the selection then moves through mini-jazz units, big-band synth-era sounds and ra-ra beat from Sanba-Yo before it finally bows out with the funk of Sakad.
		Saxophonist Nemours Jean Baptiste (born in Port-au-Prince, 1918) was a creator of modern compas and Haiti's most influential bandleader.
		Before Nemours Jean Baptiste came along, Orchestre Septentrional and their longstanding rivals Orchestre Tropicana d'Haiti defined the sound of big band dance music on the island.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio3/world/guidehaitid.shtml (1505 words)

	Gage Averill
		Although this movement sought direct political expression (Jean Price-Mars himself twice ran for the presidency), it was more successful in the period before World War II in raising the political consciousness of the klas mwayen and even that of the boujwazi.
		Raymond Gaspard, Nemours' guitarist, is credited with the term konpa-dirèk that became the commercial label for the new sound, The term konpa refers simply to 'beat,' and direk (direct) to the harmonic structure inspired by Dominican music.
		At carnival, Nemours Jean-Baptiste and his chief rival Weber Sicot formed a new kind of middleclass wedge between the elite cha madigra (carnival floats) and the proletariat and peasant bann madigra (traditional bands of masked revelers).
	www.columbia.edu /ccnmtl/draft/ben/washburne/texts/revista.html (9246 words)

	Nemours - references in online news media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		According to The Nemours Foundation, a break may have occurred if your child heard a snapping sound when he fell, if there is swelling, bruising, and tenderness...
		She is also regular outside counsel to EI du Pont de Nemours and Company, and has made a name for herself in Boston's biotech community, where ARIAD...
		From 1966 to 1969, her father was a chemical engineer in Camden for EI DuPont de Nemours and Co., which used asbestos-filled fiberglass from Ohio-based Owens...
	www.linkmorgue.org /HOSPITALS/Nemours.html (2418 words)

	Haitian Music Billboard - Haitian msuic Industry
		The early history of popular Haitian music is marked by the appearance of big band, such as Septentrional, Nemours Jean Baptiste, Webert Sicot, Tropicana, Difficile, Gypsy De Petion ville,Tabou Combo, Magnum Band, Skah Shah, Shleu, Shleu, Jazz Des Jeunes, Bossa Combo, DP Express, and Scorpio.
		The most popular form of Haitian music was created by Nemour Jean Baptiste, Webert Sicot, Djazz Des Jeunes and Septentrional in the early 40's.
		Konpa first commercial record, Konpa direck, was made in 1956 by Nemours Jean Baptiste (under the direction of Herby Widmaier).The record had a profound effect on Haitian musicians and the public.
	www.heritagekonpa.com /Haitian%20Music%20Billboard/The%20Haitian%20Music%20Billboard.htm (545 words)

	nemours_stadt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Im Hundertjährigen Krieg wurde Nemours im Mai 1358 von englischen Truppen unter dem Captal von Buch und James Pipe eingenommen und niedergebrannt.
		Das zur Krondomäne gehörende Nemours erhielt 1367 eine (nur partielle) Wiederherstellung seiner Befestigungen.
		Nach kurzzeitiger Konfiskation wurde Nemours an den Sohn des Armagnac zurückgegeben und ging dann an den Marschall de Gie über.
	www.mittelalter-genealogie.de /kapetinger_evreux_grafen_von/nemours_stadt.html (249 words)

	ipedia.com: Nemours Jean Baptiste Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Nemours Jean Baptiste was a Haitian saxophonist, writer, and band leader.
		He is credited with being the inventor of Compas, a style of Haitian music.
		Nemours Jean Baptiste (February 2, 1918 - May 12, 1985) was a Haitian saxophonist, writer, and band leader.
	www.ipedia.com /nemours_jean_baptiste.html (134 words)

	Music News:: Singer Julien aul Dies. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		He spent nearly a decade playing with maestro Nemours Jean Baptiste before he migrated to United States in 1962, where he later founded his own group Julien Paul and his Combo in 1973.
		At that time "Ensemble Aux Calebasses, comprising the talents of Nemours Jean Baptiste, Weber Sicot, Julien Paul, and Duroseau brothers, were already long-time veterans of local boys scout groups and the local Carrefour music scene.
		Nemours became the maestro of Coronto International, and changed the structure of the group which gave rise to popular notion of Konpa Direk.
	www.opamizik.com /music_news_juilen_paul.htm (857 words)

	Haitian music: compas
		So, when Nemours Jean Baptiste started his "Ensemble Aux Calebasses" which played at a night Club of the same name in the region of Carrefour (suburb of Port-au-Prince), Haitian music was in a stage of virtual drouth.
		The defenders of the attachment of Haiti to its African roots accused Nemours Jean Baptiste of betraying the ethnic fundation of Haitian music.
		Gradually, the groups formed by the younger generation replaced the old timer like Nemours Jean Baptiste and his rival the talented saxophonist Weber Sicot.
	www.kwabs.com /haiti_compas.html (991 words)

	Nemours
		Nemours s’étend sur la rive gauche du Loing.
		Nemours garde le charme d'une ancienne cité avec ses vieilles ruelles et son château.
		Modifié au XV° siècle par le Duc de Nemours pour le rendre habitable, puis au XVII° siècle, le château a depuis gardé son aspect.
	www.la-seine-et-marne.com /nemours.html (575 words)

	Hommage aux musiciens haitiens des années 50 et 60
		Les années 60 furent bouleversées par la montée en flèche de deux formations musicales : celle de Nemours Jean Baptiste et une autre montée par Webert Sicot.
		Nemours Jean-Baptiste avait, au cours des années 50, fondé l'Ensemble ”Aux Calebasses" puis eut l'idée de l'élargir en y ajoutant d'autres instruments à vent.Il introduisit également la guitare électrique que tiendra Raymond Gaspard et eut comme chanteurs Julien Paul, André Dorismond, Louis Lahens, Pierre Blain, Carlo Glaudin, Arthur Lovelace, Jean-Claude Félix.
		Les adeptes fanatisés en firent naturellement le rival attitré de celui de Nemours Jean-Baptiste.
	www.haiticulture.ch /Musique_haitienne_page2.html (1307 words)

	JEAN BAPTISTE, BARON NOTHOMB - LoveToKnow Article on JEAN BAPTISTE, BARON NOTHOMB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		He was a member of the national congress, and became secretary-general of the ministry of foreign affairs under Surlet de Chokier.
		He supported the candidature of the duke of Nemours, and joined in the proposal to offer the crown to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, being one of the delegates sent to London.
		When the Eighteen Articles were replaced by the Twenty-four less favorable to Belgium, he insisted on the necessity of compliance, and in 1839 he faced violent opposition to support the territorial cessions in Limburg and Luxemburg, which had remained an open question so long as Holland refused to acknowledge the Twenty-four Articles.
	www.1911ency.org /N/NO/NOTHOMB_JEAN_BAPTISTE_BARON.htm (328 words)

	Foire d'Opinions Haitiennes - Respect for the Founder
		Nemours Jean Baptiste in it's effort to bring originality to Haitian Music and move away from playing cadence, merengues and that latin flavored music played in haiti created " Compas Direct ".
		By giving Haiti it's own musical genre, he opened the door to the creative flow that today is still alive in group like tabou combo, strings, Zenglen, Zin, Top Vice, etc (just to name a few)...
		Nemours Music Was Born : " Compas " not Kompa, not Konpa Or Compa; he chose the name to make it original and set his sight on conquering the world.
	www.haitiwebs.com /haitianforums/printthread.php?t=264 (300 words)

	NEMOURS
		Le 7 juillet 1585, au château, est signé le traité de Nemours qui apaise les ligueurs, interdit le culte protestant et exclut Henri de Navarre (le futur Henri IV) de la succession au trône.
		Il y a lieu de signaler qu'en 1789, Pierre Samuel Dupont est député de Nemours.
		Nemours est une ville que je ne connais pas.
	jeanneret01.chez.tiscali.fr /fnemours.htm (395 words)

	Robert Christgau: Album: Konbit!: Burning Rhythms of Haiti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Because Caribbean musicians use horns the way African farmers use cattle--not just as resources, but as measures of wealth--it took me six months to hear through the sonic givens on this inspired potpourri.
		The basic style is an unsurprising relative of zouk, which saxman Nemours Jean-Baptiste anticipated by decades in what he called compas (French) or konpa (Creole, or rather Kreyol).
		And by insisting on the same kind of variety and politics that have undone other world-beat compilations, conceptmaster Jonathan Demme and hands-on producer Fred Paul rescue theirs from UNESCO disco.
	www.robertchristgau.com /get_album.php?id=5158 (185 words)

	About Delta Record Inc, Production and Entertainment
		With its mission to take cultural music to the center stage of international platforms, Delta Records has been at the forefront of grassroots efforts for the recognition this music so greatly deserves.
		For example, when rifts were formed between Nemours Jean-Baptiste and Webert Sicot, two of the great musicians Delta has had the pleasure of working with, Rigaud approached them with a progressive solution - he joined their talents for the collaborative album, Union.
		Recognizing that these artists are two of the greats who have inspired today¹s bands to a large extent, Delta Records took necessary action.
	www.deltarecord.com /about_us.htm (250 words)

	TNH Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Jean Hérard Richard (Richie) et Gracia Delva ont pu évoluer sur scène pour la première fois depuis la séparation de ce dernier avec le groupe Zenglen (une formation musicale haïtienne basée aux États Unis)
		L’artiste musicien haïtien de renommée internationale Wyclef Jean a annoncé hier lundi sa participation au défilé du Carnaval à Port-au-Prince.
		L’intellectuelle et critique d’art haïtienne Madeleine Paillère, sur aînée du célèbre journaliste Jean Dominique, est décédée lundi à Paris à l’âge de 88 ans, a appris radio Kiskeya de sources proches de sa famille.
	www.tnh.ht /actua/culture/cult.htm (3175 words)

	Uhhp.com :: Kompa Kè kal – Haitian Pride
		History reports that it was invented by one of Haiti’s popular Guitarist and saxophonist Nemours Jean-Baptiste in mid 1950’s.
		The new sounds unsuspectedly reinforces its appeal and integrates the new generation of Kompa stars to the strong structural outline left behind by Nemours Jean Baptiste”…
		From the latter and Wébert Sicot to Tabou Combo Skah Shah and system Band, Zin, Coupé Cloué, Zenglen, D’zine and Top-vice you name it, came a whole generation of good music that kept the Haitians beautiful and proud in their cultural life.
	entertainment.uhhp.com /music/belizaire10262000.html (887 words)

	June 16 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1633 - Jean de Thévenot, French traveler and scientist (d.
		1468 - Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b.
		1707 - Marie d'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de Nemours, sovereign princess of Neuchâtel and writer (b.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/June_16 (1331 words)

	Gatinais, Chambres d'hôtes en Gâtinais, Gîtes, Hotel Restaurant Gâtinais, Musée : Loisirs en Gatinais
		L'église Saint-Jean-Baptiste est fondée par Gauthier 1er de Nemours en 1170 avec l'accord du roi de France et de Guillaume de Champagne, archevêque de France.
		Pour l'installer on fait appel aux compétences des facteurs Pierre Desenclos et Jacques Lefebvre, du sculpteur et menuisier ordinaire de la Chambre du roi Charles Viénat et du charpentier nemourien et constructeur de buffet Henri Heurtault.
		Sur ce vitrail, Authier 1er, seigneur de Nemours tient dans ses mains un reliquaire qu'il tend à Guillaume de Champagne, archevêque de Sens.
	www.loisirsengatinais.com /fiche.php?nb_rec=1&nb_rec_fiche=198&langue= (394 words)

	Le compositeur Wawa : du konpa au rythme racine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		En 1961, Wawa a intÃ©grÃ© le groupe Compas Direct de Nemours Jean-baptiste, au dÃ©part de Julien Paul.
		Et l'inventeur de cette musique de fÃªte que l'on retrouve dans les bals de salon est l'inoubliable Nemours Jean-Baptiste.
		Si Nemours nous a laissÃ© une musique dansante, Wawa est l'un des premiers musiciens haÃ¯tiens de la seconde moitiÃ© du 20e siÃ¨cle Ã avoir mis Ã la disposition du grand public la musique des temples.
	www.haitipressnetwork.com /news.cfm?articleID=5963 (367 words)

	Marty's Accordion Festival!
		A first cousin to merengue and soukous, the Haitian style of compas has been around since the mid-1950s.
		Its godfather, Nemours Jean-Baptiste, grew to be its preeminent star, but he fell on hard times even as the music flourished.
		Two tribute albums in 1980 and 1982 -- recorded by top session players from Mini Records -- revived interest in Jean-Baptiste; it is these two recordings from which this current release is culled.
	www.rootsworld.com /freereed/lippsqueeze.html (1200 words)

	Haiti - THE ARTS AND LITERATURE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In the 1950s two celebrated composers and band leaders, Nemours Jean-Baptiste and Weber Sicot, introduced a new style of recreational dance music called Compas Direct or Cadence Rampa.
		The music scene has expanded over the past few years, with the introduction of Salsa and Reggae, but Compas Direct is the most popular form of dance.
		A number of Haitian authors are internationally recognized, such as Jean Price-Mars (1876-1969).
	www.cp-pc.ca /english/haiti/arts.html (340 words)

	Windows on Haiti: Chronique Musicale
		Ensemble Aux Calebasses (later to become Ensemble Nemours Jean-Baptiste) and Webert Sicot are indispensable additions to your record collection.
		Haitian Konpa Direk, like many other types of music, has undergone quite a few changes over the years since its creation in the 50s by Nemours Jean-Baptiste.
		You will remember in the 70s the so-called « Mini Jazz » revolution which saw the abolition of the horn section in favor of the guitar and the keyboard.
	www.haitiforever.com /sergeb/cmusic09.shtml (573 words)

	HAITI PROGRES
		Meanwhile, police arrested six men who officials say were part of an armed group operating on the Central Plateau, particularly around Lascahobas and BelladPre.
		"A police detachment was dispatched on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003 to BelladPre where six individuals were apprehended in a pick-up truck," Police spokesman Jean Dady Siméon said at a Feb. 10 press conference where the six suspects were presented.
		I, as a Haitian youth, would like to encourage all Haitians to learn about our heroes and hold them in high esteem, so that they may receive the acknowledgment they are due.
	www.haiti-progres.com /2003/sm030212/eng02-12.html (1068 words)

	Haïti, France, Communauté (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Fidèles à l’héritage de Nemours Jean-Baptiste, Douby et ses amis du System Band trouvent régulièrement l’inspiration nécessaire pour offrir des compositions vraiment nouvelles aux fanatiques.
		BM : Et dans ce public, il y a un certain Jean Marassa.
		Blaise est à la batterie parce que Jean Mathurin est un gars qui fait de temps en temps des petits désordres.
	haitiensenfrance.online.fr /edito-boyo.htm (1895 words)

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