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An Irresistible Live Band, Tabou Combo Takes Haitian Compas to the Widest of Audiences. From their Regular Appearances in the '80s at the Famous Zenith Theatre in Paris, to an Audience of 20,000 in New York's Central Park, to the Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, in Football Stadiums Throughout the Caribbean, and on the Turntables of the Top Djs, this Band Makes People Dance. Formed in the Port-au-prince Suburb of Petion-ville by the Chancy Brothers, Albert on Bass and Adolphe on Guitar, this Young Band Won the Radio Haiti Mini-jazz Competition in 1968. They Relocated to Brooklyn in 1971, and their Song "New York City," which Spoke of the Difficulty of Life in Exile, Reached #1 on the Paris Pop Charts in August 1975.