Orchestre Tropicana d’Haïti is one of the longest-running institutions in Haitian music — a northern big-band powerhouse founded in August 1963 in Cap-Haïtien. While the capital’s scene produced the konpa revolution, Tropicana anchored the north with a grand, brass-rich sound that carried its own identity, celebrating its 60th anniversary with official honors from Cap-Haïtien in…