Calypso: Musical Poetry In The Caribbean 1955-69 - CD

Various: Calypso: Musical Poetry In The Caribbean 1955-69 version on CD in Standard edition. This particular edition was published in United Kingdom in publishing company Soul Jazz Records on 17. June 2014.

Caribbean poetry of everyday life: compilation Calypso from the album Soul Jazz. Calypso is one of the most distinctive Caribbean musical forms of the 20th century. From its place of origin, the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, calypso spread throughout the Caribbean to Europe and America. Swinging, rousing rhythms, distinctive melodies and usually clever and witty lyrics ensured that calypso began its triumphant campaign around the world in the early 1950s. Calypso originated from an African-French-Caribbean cultural mix and contains an endless number of influences; its social function can be compared to the songs of the West African griots. This compilation from the Soul Jazz edition contains recordings from 1955 to 1969 from Trinidad, Jamaica, Panama, the Bahamas, England and the USA. They include famous names such as Lord Kitchener aka Aldwyn Roberts, who brought calypso to England in the late 1940s, Lord Cobra, Lord Hummingbird, Lord Growler, King Fighter, Lord Byron, The Mighty Viper, Lord Ivanhoe and others. Product Information This new album presents calypso music in its many forms - from its birthplace, the island of Trinidad, and other Caribbean islands (Jamaica and the Bahamas), and its subsequent journey further afield (Britain, Panama and the United States), recorded between 1955-69. Calypso is one of the most exciting and enduring forms of musical expression to emerge in the early 20th century - swinging, compelling rhythms, brilliantly expressive melodies and lyrics full of humour and wisdom. Here you will find the aristocracy and royalty of Calypso: Lord Kitchener, Lord Cobra, Lord Growler, King Fighter, Lord Byron, The Mighty Viper, Lord Ivanhoe and more. Their songs vividly capture the popular news and fashions of the time - the first man on the moon, James Bond's Pussy Galore, bedbugs, voodoo, love in graveyards, West Indians in England, Bossa Nova, the Iron Curtain, and a white man who underwent a heart transplant operation on a black man. Reviews "The variety of styles and the richness of ideas in the lyrics surprised again, as when Cyril Diaz and his jazz orchestra intoned dark sounds in "Voodoo" or when Lord Cobra sang about the Apollo 11 mission in the style of a newspaper reporter in 1969's "Man On The Moon." Dancing is allowed. But so is listening!" (Good Times, August/September 2014)

Album spans genres Folk, World, & Country, Jazz, Latin, Cha-Cha, Latin Jazz, Afro-cuban jazz, Bossa Nova, Samba, Mambo, Cubano and Compas.