Ayibobo

Ayibobo
Origin	New York, New York, USA
Genres	Mizik rasin
Years active	1993–1993
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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