Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds, 1960-1978

Explores the incredibly vibrant, cosmopolitan dance music of 1960s and 70s Port-au-Prince. Local musicians fused jazz, funk, and meringue into the driving rhythms of Compas Direct, providing a sophisticated, incredibly danceable soundtrack to the island's brief golden age of club culture before widespread political turmoil. The meticulously curated compilation brought international attention to Haiti's deeply rich, syncopated musical heritage.