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Webert Sicot
Born1930
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
DiedFebruary 1985 (aged 54–55)
GenresCompas
OccupationsInstrumentalist, composer, band leader
InstrumentSaxophone

Webert Sicot (1930 – February 1985) was a Haitian saxophone player, composer and band leader. He is recognized as one of the creators of compas also known as compas direct, a style of Haitian music born in the 1950s that he named cadence rampa after he left Nemours' band to differentiate himself in 1962 in the spirit of competition.[1]

Career

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Sicot was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 1930. He took his first musical lessons from Augustin Bruno. He made his debut as professional with Claudin Toussaint's Jazz Capois. He also worked with the groups Jazz des Jeunes and the Saieh Orchestra, in the second half or the 1950s.

He founded with Nemours Jean-Baptiste the Conjunto International[2] and took part in the Citadelle orchestra and Casino Internacional Band. With Jean-Baptiste, he created the compas direct, a variation of the Haitian méringue. In 1961 he commenced a solo career and became one of the pioneers of cadence rampa. He played several instruments as trumpet, bass, piano and drums. Because of his frequent Caribbean tours with his brother Raymond in the Caribbean, cadence became very popular in Dominica and the French Antilles of Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Sicot died in February 1985 and is considered as one of the most influentials band leaders in Haitian popular music.

References

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  1. ^ Rabess, Gregory (2014). "Cadence-Lypso". In John Shepherd, David Horn (ed.). Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World. Vol. 9. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 413. ISBN 9781441132253. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. ^ Hall, Michael R. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Haiti. p. 69. ISBN 9780810878105. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

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band with fellow Haitian artist Webert Sicot called Conjunto International. Years after the band dissolved, Webert Sicot introduced a new dance rhythm that

Sicot

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Webert

Webert is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Webert Sicot (1930–1985), Haitian musician Michael Webert (born 1979), American

Cadence rampa

méringue popularized in the Caribbean by the virtuoso Haitian sax player Webert Sicot in the early 1960s. Cadence rampa was one of the sources of cadence-lypso

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the efforts of Nemours Jean-Baptiste and other Haitian musicians like Webert Sicot. They toured the Caribbean extensively, visiting countries such as Curaçao

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rampa (kadans), alike compas, a modern Haitian méringue popularized by Webert Sicot in the very early 1960s that spread to the Caribbean The cadence-lypso

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musical family. His father, Andre Dorismond, was the lead singer of The Webert Sicot Group, pioneers of Haitian dance music known as compas (kompa). Bigga