Haitian Trumpeter André Déjean, a Pillar of Compas, Dies
The trumpeter, composer and arranger and founding member of Les Frères Déjean died Friday, according to Le Nouvelliste.
André Déjean, a celebrated Haitian trumpeter, composer and arranger, died on Friday, September 11, 2026, according to Le Nouvelliste and outlets in the French Antilles. A founding member of Les Frères Déjean, the family formation created in the late 1960s, Déjean became one of its principal creative pillars, helping to make the group one of the greatest orchestras in the history of compas, the reports said. He is credited with composing or arranging several classics of the Haitian repertoire, the sources noted. His death, according to Le Nouvelliste, deprives the country of one of the major architects of its music. Coverage from France-Antilles Guadeloupe and France-Guyane described him as a reference point in Haitian compas. No further details on the circumstances of his death or funeral arrangements were provided in the reports available at the time of publication.