Roland Brival tells the story behind his track ‘ABCD’ #music #jazz #creole #martinique

Roland Brival tells the story behind his track ‘ABCD’ from his album Créole Gypsy (1980) A fusion of Caribbean spiritual jazz, poetry and Creole consciousness 🎷 Sung in Creole, ‘ABCD’ follows a child whose first lessons did not come from the classroom, but from the drum 🥁 “Yo té voyé mwin lékol Pou apwann ABCD Lè mwin rivé dan lékol la Sé tambou mwin apwann jwé” English translation: “They sent me to school To learn ABCD When I got to school I learned to play the drum” #Musicreissue #martinique #soundwayrecords #jazz #80s