Malavoi
Led by Martiniquan pianist Paulo Rosine, Malavoi has been recording since the late '60s. The original band featured a horn section and consisted mainly of Latin music enthusiasts. The band added a string section in the late '70s and recorded a superb album of charanga-style music that included percussion by Dede St. Prix. Only this one album captured the brief period when Malavoi had both a horn section and a string section; the horns left soon afterward. An anthology of hits from this era is now available on the Hibiscus label release L'Autre Style.
The albums listed below are among the best of the band as it exists today, presenting a varied repertoire of "Creolized" European dance forms like the quadrille, mazurka, and waltz along with strong elements of biguine and charanga. Pipo Gertrude, who replaced long-time Malavoi vocalist Ralph Thamar in late 1987, appears on Jou Ouve and Souche (which is not listed because it's not among their best), as well as the group's latest. The Live au Zenith album features Thamar.
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Le meilleur de Malavoi (Double album)
World - Released by Aztec musique on 27 Apr 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Le meilleur de Malavoi, vol. 2
World - Released by Aztec musique on 20 Dec 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Malavoi symphonique : les 40 ans au Zénith de Paris (Live)
World - Released by Aztec musique on 27 May 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
La Cigale 2007 (Concert en métropole)
World - Released by Aztec musique on 18 Apr 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Malavoi au Zénith (Live Concert 1987)
World - Released by Aztec musique on 2 Jan 1987
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
50 ans de concerts (Live remaster 2023)
World - Released by AZTEC Musique on 17 Nov 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
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L'autre Style
Zouk & Antilles - Released by Hibiscus records on 1 Jan 1988
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
La Filo
World - Released by Couleurs Music Publishing Ltd on 22 Oct 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Matebis (concert anniversaire 1992)
North America - Released by Aztec musique on 2 Jan 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mano Césaire et la formation Malavoi (La naissance de la world music antillaise en 1969)
Zouk & Antilles - Released by Frémeaux & associés on 1 Jan 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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La belle époque
World - Released by Hibiscus records on 1 Jan 1993
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