All Jamaican Calypsos 5

All Jamaican Calypsos 5
Monty Reynolds and His Silver Seas Orchestra
Motta's Recording Studio
109 Harbour Street - Kingston - Jamaica

CALYPSO JAMAICA
Jamaica's carefree people have expressed in song all of the throbbing vitality that is so much a part I of their country. Their songs are humorous, gay, sometimes happy, sometimes sad, but always enjoyable. It is music with a distinctive character that marks it as unmistakably Jamaican. Its distinctiveness is a combination of the musical dialect of Jamaican speech, the unique sound of native instruments and the subtle rhythm that marks it and separates it from the music of other West Indian islands. The musical dialect of back country Jamaicans is basically English, but English so interwoven with colloquialisms and the burr of local accents that it is almost unintelligible to anyone not familiar with the island's speech. It is this distinctive Jamaican accent that gives added interest to the Jamaican calypso. There is also a unique character to the music itself which derives from hand-made instruments played by calypso troubadours. These are the bambasax, an instrument wrought from bamboo by dexterous native craftsmen, with a bit of wood from a matchbox serving as a reed; the marimba, a deep-toned bass instrument that is just a simple box with bits of metal spring called "reeds" because of their similarity to harmonica reeds, and is normally used in place of the bass fiddle; the chattering marraccas, seed-filled gourds; and a whole family of drums from tiny, tenor bongos to big-voiced congo drums. Bamboo fifes and flutes, bambolins, a violin-like instrument come prised entirely from bamboo, and such conventional instruments as guitars, saxophones, trumpets and bass fiddles add their voices to the song of Jamaica. With voice and instrument, the Jamaican calypso troubadour regales, entertains and amuses, having a wonderful time himself as he brings you ... CALYPSO JAMAICA.

side1
1 Not Me
2 Long Time Gal I Never See You
3 Caroline
4 The Wrong Man

side 2
1 Car Park
2 Go Slow
3 Pen Pal
4 Me Dog Can't Bark

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