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Joss Henry Free Music

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Joss Henry Free Music

Joss Henry

Real name: Joseph Gabriel

Effective period / Period of releases: 1978

Number one in Reunion in 1978, the “Couzin Couzine” sega was also a huge success in Mauritius, the Seychelles, Madagascar and even the West Indies. Joss Henri had started his career six years earlier with a coup by winning first prize in the 1972 Star Show competition on MBC Television. In 1975, he recorded his first 45 rpm “Rendez-Vous Sous La Montagne” and he was noticed by a certain Alain Gili who helped him make himself known to the Reunion public at parties, balls and fairs. Installed in Reunion, Joss Henri enrolled at Sacem and one nostalgic evening, he composed in a few minutes on the Barachois the sega “Couzin Couzine” which would make him famous. His period in Reunion will also be rich in wonderful encounters. Guitarist in the group Les Caméléons, he did a few shows with Alain Peters and René Lacaille. He was always pleased to have provided the opening acts for the evenings at the restaurant La Ferme where Luc Donat was a star attraction. His recording career continued mainly in Mauritius and the Seychelles with 45s of reggae sung in Creole. At the same time, Joss Henri discovered his talents as a storyteller and the Ministry of Arts and Culture hired him as a cultural facilitator in schools (traditional stories and Sirandanes). It was in 2001 that Joss made his comeback on a CD “Chemin La Kampagne,” with the cover of “Couzin Couzine”. The same year he recorded the album of his new songs “Valer Nou La Suer”. A repertoire in which he exhibits his art of living to the rhythm of Sega. In this mature CD, the title song is the observation of a harsh reality. Joss Henri (Joseph Gabriel for civil status) went to join in the musicians' paradise his colleagues Coulouce, Alain Macabé, John Kenneth, Nelson, and Jocelyn Perreau. The religious ceremony took place Monday afternoon at the church in Pointe-aux-Sables, the coastal village where he died at the age of 57, on Saturday September 14, 2007, with his companion Danièle Ithié. The singer's ashes will fade beyond the breakers.