Herbie Widmaier

Born in Port-au-Prince in 1933, the late Herbert Widmaier was a jazz icon in Haiti. Composer, sound engineer, filmmaker in his own time, radio man, and founder of Radio Métropole, he had innovated, if not revolutionized, this field in Haiti. With more than half a century dedicated exclusively to Haitian broadcasting, advertising, film and music, Herby Widmaier has had an undeniable impact in all these areas. As a technician, he was unquestionably a legend