"To say that Michael Jackson was doing something else than African dance would be a lie. For me, not to recognise the influences of Africa in his songs would be to show vanity, even an inferiority complex," Adelai said during an interview with PANA.
Still to recover from the shock of the death of the "king of pop", he said the genius of Michael Jackson was to have succeeded in mixing the African influences of his music with Indian, Chinese and European dances.
"Very young, Michael Jackson imitated James Brown, his dances, his way of interpreting. One must say that, as the West Indians and the Guadelupians, the African - Americans have never forgotten their African origins. This can be felt in their rhythm," said the trainer who was a teacher at John L. Oris School, US.
He said Michael Jackson, who died aged 50 as a result of heart attack, would remain "the all-time greatest planet star".
"Michael Jackson practiced an open music. He built a colossal work, to which everybody adhered. Just see the emotion raised all over the world by his death," Adelaï pointed out.
Released in 1982, "Thriller" remains the most-sold album in the world with about 100 million copies bought.
Paris - 02/07/2009
Pana
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