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Caribbean Dances

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Caribbean Dances
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Cruise the Caribbean during the mid-twentieth century heyday of "the society ballroom and the honky-tonk [music] of the West Indies." Stop by Martinique, the Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Antigua and Curacao; dance along to calypso, beguine, vals, videe, seven step, quadrille, bula waya and mambo.

Track Listing

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101
Videe Orchestra du Groupe Folklorique 03:40
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102
Mazurka Orchestra du Groupe Folklorique 02:55
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103
Medley of Old Calypso The Mighty Zebra 02:59
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104
Vals Guadeloupienne Orchestre du Fanfant Gilbert 01:14
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105
Mambo No. 5 The Brute Force Steel Band 04:10
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201
Bula Waya-Tumba Padu del Caribe, Netherlands Antilles Orchestra 02:42
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202
Seven Step Mebobo's Quintet 03:04
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203
Aura Waltz Padu del Caribe, Netherlands Antilles Orchestra 03:10
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204
Fourth Figure of Lanceros Mebobo's Quintet 02:53

Release Info

Catalog Number(s)

FW06840, FP 6840, FW 6840

Year(s) Released

1953

Label(s)/Collection(s)

Folkways Records

Country(s)

Antigua and Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela

Genre(s)

Caribbean, World

Recording Era(s)

1950s

Credit(s)

Walter Lekis - Recorder
 Lisa Lekis - Recorder
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