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Jeff Joseph

(1953-2011

Foyal, Matnik : Mizik karayib la nan gran djòsolnes depi apre-midi a, Jeff Joseph chape abolay ale bay-lavwa, simidole dèyè do lavi. Se nan 1972 eti Jeff Joseph te koumanse nan Grammacks atè Saint-Joseph Dòmnik ek nan 2012 ka vini se pou’y te banbile 40 lanne mizik li. Grammacks se te an sanble tibray lekol, Dominica Grammar School ek Saint Mary Academy.

Grammacks se te Jeff Joseph, Georges Thomas, Anthony Serrant, Ellon Rodny, Mc Donald “Mckie” Prosper, Anthony George eti te ka sonnen an kadans-lipso, te ni kadans (toumbele) kalipso, rege epi funk tou epi  anchay tit kontel "Man kenbe an soukouyan" (1974),  “Mi deba” (1976), "Ou piti" (1976),“Sa ki pase” (1977), "Pawol an bouch pa mèt” (1977), "African connection" (1978),  “lavi disko” epi anchay dòt. Tit Grammacks la se an migannaj tit se de lekol la. Se apre Jeff Joseph te simidole "Sunday Island" nan an jout simidò eti Grammacks fè eti'y tankon lavwa-douvan. Se Antony "Curvin" Serrant eti te ka wache gita ki te ka mennen nan Grammacks.

Nan se lanne ta'a se Exile One G. Henderson ek Liquid Ice te ka mennen nan mizik Dòmnik ek kadans-lipso ek se nan Avril 1974 eti Grammacks janbe laliman Dòmnik pou prèmie kou ale ba moun Gwadloup mizik. De, twa mwa apre yo rive Gwadloup, yo stanmpe prèmie disk 45 wonn yo, "Soukouyan" epi "Solèy cho". Nan lanne 1977, Grammacks te pati nan Frans ek te sonnen mizik adan Le Tour de France 1977 ek se apre sa pou te reponn malpalan yo te fè disk "Pawol an bouch" la. Men Grammacks 77 la se te Bill Thomas tou eti se an mizisien te ka jwe tout bagay ek ki te mennen souflan adan Grammacks. Bill Thomas eti se te moun Trinidad pa te rete ek te fè Bill-O-Men epi tit tala ki kreve tout fetay "African Music. Nan 1978, Grammacks te vire Dòmnik jwe mizik nan kadafa pou walayachi politik Dòmnik ek se nan lanne tala yo fè disk African Connection. Nan 1978, Anthony Curvin Serrant ladje, se an ti frè'y Bobby ki pran ek nan 1979, Grammaacks ale voye mizik atè Miami nan half time show of Super Bawl, jennen yo. Se nan lanne ta'a eti Grammacks stanmpe "Annou men an men, tèt an tèt". Nan 1980 jik 1982, Grammacks te pati rete Paris, te ni tjak adan djaz la ek nan 1984 yo te fè "Roots Caribbean Rock". Se nan 1991 otila Jeff Joseph vire-pran Grammacks asou tit Grammacks New Generation epi an mizik caribbean style, Make you Dance. 

Apre nan mitan lanne 90 la, nan Volt Face, an zouk elektrik, zouk-beton, zouk-dechire fè moun voye-monte. Volt Face se te Jeff Joseph, Katryn Thelamon, Georges Decimus, Dominik Coco epi Dominik Panol. Jeff Joseph se te an karibeyen eti ki kouri-lawonn mizik karayib la flouz. Se an mèt mizik karayib la ki chape nan abolay jòdi a ek se pou tout moun Karayib la se fè an bese-tèt douvan kò-lonji frèt Jeff la eti ki kite anchay disk (Grammacks, Volt Face) eti ka janbe laliman Dòmnik. Jeff Joseph te pòte Dòmnik anlè adan World Creole Music Festival, asire tè Waytoukoubouli a ke tou lekètè pou moun pe sa sonje Jeff toulong.   

Comments

[Rédigé par : Kate of Caribbean]

Tu as oublié "Cauchemar". Dépi les temps des creation, maintenant c'est évolution, man maché an lari, man dòmi an lapli. Hé lenj an mwen toujou sal é chifonen... A bondjé endé mwen. Man las é man fen tout moun ka di man pa ni fanmiy, woy manman, woy...

[Rédigé par : Ras Michel Gwadada]

"E mwen chantè la, yo ka kriyé mwen "Fonmi" men non an mwen sé Jeff". Jeff Joseph, "Ou piti", disk "Mi déba woy woy woy".

[Rédigé par : Dominica Style]

He was an ambassador of Dominica but he was also an ambassador of Caribbean music and Guadeloupe and Martinique too.

[Rédigé par : Billy]

Hey brother Simao moun Wanakera you forgot Midnight Groovers: "Bring back to me milk an honey". Jeff will miss all people of Caribbean.

[Rédigé par : Kanmo Matinik]

À livre ouvert
à la bibliotèque municipale, espace Osenat, Schoelcher (Martinique),
vendredi 25 novembre, 19h00.

"Itinéraire d'un entrepreneur du spectacle" problématique de musique martiniquaise de Michel Nicole & François Nicole.

Renseignement au 0596727620.

[Rédigé par : Caribbean Messenger]

“It has been a shock and it’s a sad occasion for the people of Dominica. As a musician and cultural icon he has inspired many people in Dominica and even Martinique and Guadeloupe. His contribution to the development of Creole music and Cadance-lypso is particularly most phenomenal. His talents his dedication and perseverance have yielded legendary hit songs over a period of three decades. We know that he dedicated his whole life to music. Through his music he promoted love, togetherness, Caribbean unity while remaining true to his Dominican culture,” Dominica’s Culture Minister Justina Charles said.

[Rédigé par : Caribbean Messenger]

BARRINGTON Llewellyn, founding member of the group Heptones is dead. He was 63. According to Earl Morgan — founder of the trio — Llewellyn began complaining of not feeling and was rushed to the University Hospital in St Andrew on Tuesday. No cause was given for his death.
Llewellyn, who would have celebrated his birthday on Christmas, is best remembered as the lead vocals in the 1973 hit song Book of Rules for Island. The song is based on an American poem called A Bag of Tools by RL Sharpe.
The funeral is scheduled for Jamaica Association for Vintage Artistes and Affilitates (JAVAA) headquarters at 5-7 Hagley Park Road, Kingston 10 on Sunday, December 4.

[Rédigé par : KM2]

Ou obliyé Midnight Grovers épi Bell's Combo.

[Rédigé par : R. M. Gwada]

obseques de Jeff Joseph samedi à 14h30 à Saint Joseph Dominique. concert Tribute To Jeff Joseph vendreedi

[Rédigé par : Caribbean Messenger]

Jeff Joseph will be laid to rest in his home community of St. Joseph this Saturday, government has revealed.
The funeral service will begin at 2: 30 p.m. following viewing of Joseph’s body at 2 p.m., Cabinet Secretary Felix Gregoire said.
Government has declared a National Day of Mourning for the cadence legend on Saturday and ordered that flags be flown at half-mast on all public buildings.

[Rédigé par : Caribbean Messenger]

Jeff Joe Tribute show will be held at St. Joe Savannah featuring Midnight Groovers and lots more.
R.I.P to Jeff Joe.