Ayibobo

Ayibobo
Origin New York, New York, USA
Genres Mizik rasin
Years active 19931993
Members Wilfred Ti Do Lavaud, Lead vocalist
Chico Boyer, Bass guitar
Julius House, Drummer
Gaston Jean-Baptiste, Drummer
Jean-Paul Bourrelly, Guitar
Craig Harris, Trombone
ZVincent Henry, Alto Saxophone
Rob Robinson, Organ
Booker T., Tenor Saxophone

Ayibobo is a mizik rasin band from New York, New York, USA. Ayibobo is one spelling of a Haitian Kreyòl word that means "amen" or "hallelujah". However, the majority of mainstream Christian Haitians refrain from using the word Ayibobo as it is more commonly used among Vodou practitioners. Therefore "Amen" and Hallejujah or "Alelouya", in its creole spelling, are used by mainstream Christians and "Ayibobo" are for those that practice Vodou.

Although the band is from New York, most of the band members are Haitian or Haitian-American, and the musical style of the band adopted was inspired by the mizik rasin movement then being suppressed in Haïti by the military junta of Raoul Cédras. The band released one album, Freestyle, in 1993.

Discography

Year Album Label Notes
1993 Freestyle DIW Records

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