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Finding old Sephardic songs that were sung in Curaçao was very difficult. The main reason for this is the fact that the upbringing of very young children in Jewish families was left in the care of black yaya’s (nannies). This resulted in the vanishing of all the original music (lullabies) brought to Curaçao by the Sephardic communities in the 17th and 18th centuries. After doing ample research I did however find Cabrito, originally called Kavrito, which talks about the fate of a little goat. Kavrito is the Ladino version of the song Had Gadya which is sung by children on the first night of Pesach. This particular version, with Spanish lyrics, is from a May Henriquez book called “Ta asina o ta asana?” (Is it this way or is that way?). Ms. Henriquez (1915-1999) was a writer, artist and historian who heard the song as a kid herself (so early 20th century) from a girl called Meri who used to work as a yaya at her grandmother’s house. Meri’s version of the story/song was titled “Bitu”, which is clearly the last part of the word Kabritu (papiamentu spelling). I concocted the main melody from various existing versions.

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from Ban pas'un r​ò​ndu, released December 2, 2022
Juliana Martina: lead vocals. Kris Berry: Background vocals. Angelo Ursini: Ethnic flutes. Vernon Chatlein: Bull horn. Mariana Hutchinson Siemers: violin. Sarah Gutiérrez Biraben: cello. Jean-Jacques Rojer: Spanish guitar, cuban tres, synths, hand claps, udu drum,
background vocals, shakers and tambourine.

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Jean-Jacques Rojer Amsterdam, Netherlands

Curaçaoan musician Jean-Jacques Rojer has performed with artists
like Paquito D’Rivera and also with the Wynton Marsalis led Jazz@Lincoln center orchestra.
“Soko”, Rojer’s latest Album (Sunnyside records,2021 release), features Jeff “Tain” Watts on drums along with the stellar line up of Warren Wolf, John Benitez and Pernell Saturnino. ... more

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