Claude Sabin

Tout mizik enteresan, ou kab apresye l’ l ou pran tan w pou ou konprann li “

Claude Sabin

“I am leaving. I will not arrive…. Leaving, leaving. Sea withoutElsehwere”

Aimé Césaire

Claude te fet 29 dawout 1940 nan Chancerelle, Potoprens. Manman li te rele Paulone Narcisse, Papa li te rele Eugene Sabin.

Claude se te yon moun ki te renmen mizik anpil. Li te kab dekriou zone metroplitenn Potoprens a trave group mizik/djazz yo akdancing yo. Se te fanatik Jazz des Jeunes (Gerard Duperville, Guy Durosier). Li te renmen Webert Sicot tou. Li te trouve Sicotyon gran konpozite e gwo saksofonis. Guy Durosier te gen gwoenpak sou li epi li te vwazen ak Guy epok li te abite Ri Montalais.

Chante prefere li se te Charles Azanavour. Sa pat anpeche ke li te apresye lot mizisyen tankou Michel Delpech, Jean Ferat, Nat King Cole, Tino Rossi, Mireille Mathieu, Les Shleu Shleu, Gary French, Vicente Fernandez pou site sa yo. Li te gen yon gwoapresisyasyon pou Rancheras ki soti Mexique ak Salsa espesyalman salsa ki soti Cuba epi Rumba.

Claude te emigre Miami nan fen ane 70 yo kote li te reyalize revli ki te  vini pwopriyete yon magazen mizik. Li kite yonkoleksyon plak, ansyen ekipman pou jwe mizik, anpil kaset ke li te mikse li menm. Li pat mizisyen men li te adore mizik.

Se te yon moun ki te renmen fe moun ri, bay blag e al vizitemoun. Nan yon fason li te yon rebel e li te vle viv vi li pou li malgre lanmou li gen pou moun. Atachman li se te mizik akAyiti (tandans gochis). Li te toujou ap apwofondi konesans li nan lekti ak tande radio. Li te gen yon gwo koleksyon jounalHaiti Progres ak kelke lot jounal ki tankou anpil ayisyen ki kite Ayiti nan epok sa yo te ede yo konn sa ki ap pase nan peyi e kontinye reziste paske ekzil pat selman vini sou fom ekspilsyondirek gouvenman men sitiyasyon global ki te ap devlope yo. Defwa ou kab di ke li te yon filozof ki mache ak tout kotwovesli. Li te abite Miami, NY, Ayiti. Ou kab di tou ke li te tankou yonkarakte nan roman Emile Olivier yo, yon eleman tankouNormand Malavy nan roman Passages. Norman pat gen chans rewe Ayiti, Claude te li menm te gen chans sa.

Claude was born on August 29 1940 in Chancerelle to PauloneNarcisse and Eugene Sabin.

He loved music and could describe the layout of port-au-princemetropolitan area via the different musical groups. He was a big fan of Jazz des Jeunes and Webert Sicot and Guy Durosier (Guy was his neighbor when he lived on Rue Montalais in Port-au-Prince. His favorite singer of all time is Charles Azanavour. This did not stop him from loving and appreciating other musicians such as Michel Delpeche, Jean Ferat, Nat King Cole, Tino Rossi, Mireille Mathieu, Les Shleu, Shleu, Gary French, Vicente Fernandez to only name those. He also had a very deep love of Mexican music (rancheras) and Cuban music.

Claude Emmigrated to Miami in the late 1970’s where herealized his dream of owning and operating a music store.

One thing about Claude he was his own man, never really have any attachment to things outside of music and Haiti (leftist leaning). He liked to joke around and visited friends and family. One could say that he was a rebel and lived his life for him despite having love for others. He expended his knowledge through reading and listening to radio. He held a large collection of Haiti Progres and other news publications where he kept current with the news of Haiti while he lived in Miami and New York as a form of resistance. Exile did not only come in the form of direct expulsion from the government or those in power but in the totality of country’s developing condition at that time. You could sometimes equate him with a philosopher with his own controversies. In many ways he was like Normand Malavyin Emile Olivier’s novel Passage only that Robert did not get to see Haiti again and Claude did.