New release from Soul Jazz Records, Caribbean Jump-Up, Mambo and Calypso Beat 1954-77: Big sounds from small islands. This album is a whistle -stop musical journey through the Caribbean, stopping off at Trinidad, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas and more along the way. Artists include Irakere, Cachao, Slim Smith, Celia Cruz, El Gran Combo, Edmundo Ros, Lord Flea, Techniques, Carlos Malcolm, Count Ossie and more.
Whilst popular music in the Caribbean has produced many new styles, such as reggae in Jamaica, salsa and mambo in Cuba, calypso in Trinidad, zouk in Martinique and Guadeloupe, Afro-Caribbean roots music remains a constant throughout. This music retains its power today – a musical concept both forward looking and creative as well as remaining…
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…steeped in tradition. This album includes 21st century recordings of Haitian Voodoo and Rara music, Cuban Santeria and Latin Jazz, Gwo-Ka from Guadeloupe, Paranda and Dugu from Belize and more besides, in this fascinating journey through some of the many roots musical styles of the Afro-Caribbean.
1. Andre Toussaint – Nassau Cha Cha [01:59]
2. Cachao – Descarga Cubana [02:59]
3. Carlos Malcolm – Filthy McNasty [02:49]
4. Irakere – Bacalao Con Pan [03:42]
5. Celia Cruz – Chango [02:49]
6. Lord Brynner – The Queen Sings Calypso [03:07]
7. Peanuts Taylor – Canela [03:00]
8. Mark Holder – Saturday Night Reggae [02:55]
9. Edmundo Ros – London Is the Place for Me [02:48]
10. Russ Henderson – West Indian Drums [03:08]
11. Duke of Iron – Calypso Invasion [02:59]
12. El Gran Combo – Baila Mi Shing a Ling [03:28]
13. Slim Smith – My Conversation [03:21]
14. Grupo de Experimentacion – Repentino [03:54]
15. Bebo Valdes – Mambo Caliente [02:45]
16. Duke of Iron – Vitalogy [02:04]
17. Conjunto Roberta Faz – Aprieta Suavecito [02:45]
18. The Techniques – I’ll Be Right There [03:32]
19. Frank Ferrer – Pa’ Los Obreros [05:35]
20. Jose Fajardo – Pa Coco Solo [03:50]
21. Fabulous McLevertys – Don’t Blame It On Elvis [02:30]
22. Count Ossie – Way Back Home [04:35]
23. Gina Martin – Elegua [02:37]
24. Manuel Santos – Mira Como Los Pollos [03:11]
25. Lord Flea – Calypso Be Bop [02:10]