Nemours Jean Baptiste
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Nemours Jean Baptiste (February 2, 1918 - May 18, 1985) was a Haitian saxophonist, writer, and band leader. He is credited with being the inventor of compas, a style of Haitian music. The BBC has described him as Haiti's most influential band leader.
In the 1950s and 1960s he was a musical rival of Webert Sicot.
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