PARIS, July 31 — Jacob Desvarieux, the Guadeloupean co-founder of Caribbean band Kassav’ which shot to global fame in the 1980s by creating the fast-beat zouk music style, has died of Covid-19.
“Jacob, thanks to your art, you brought the West Indies and Africa closer together. Dakar where you once lived mourns you. Farewell friend.” Desvarieux told French daily Liberation in 2016 that his band Kassav’ started out in Paris as an experiment. The band’s base style is gwo ka, a kind of Guadeloupean drumming music, topped up with ingredients from all over the Caribbean and a modern twist.
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