calypsos

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• calypsos — n. West Indian musical style influenced by jazz; song in this style of music …   English contemporary dictionary

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• Calypso music — Infobox Music genre name=Calypso bgcolor=#00CC00 color=black stylistic origins=West African Kaiso, Native and European music cultural origins=Late 19th century African slaves, Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago instruments=trumpet, trombone,… …   Wikipedia

• Mighty Sparrow — Small Island Pride, King (Mighty) Sparrow and Sir Galba, mid 1950s The Mighty Sparrow Birth name Slinger Fr …   Wikipedia

• Walter Ferguson — Walter Gavitt Ferguson Datos generales Nacimiento 07 de mayo 1919 Origen Costarricense Walter Ferguson, es un calypsonian costarricense conocido como Gavitt, nació en Guabito, Panamá el 7 de mayo de 1919 pero pro …   Wikipedia Español

• Attila the Hun (calypsonian) — Attila the Hun (also spelled Atilla the Hun) was the name taken by the prominent calypsonian born Raymond Quevedo (March 24 1892 February 22 1962). He began singing in 1911 and was at his most prominent in the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of the… …   Wikipedia

• Lord Melody — (1926 26 September 1988) was a popular calypsonian, best known for singles such as Boo Boo Man , Shame Scandal , Jonah and the Bake , Juanita and Rastaman Be Careful . Melody s career spanned some forty years, from the early development of… …   Wikipedia

• Music of the Lesser Antilles — The music of the Lesser Antilles encompasses the music of this chain of small islands making up the eastern and southern portion of the West Indies. Lesser Antillean music is part of the broader category of Caribbean music; much of the folk and… …   Wikipedia

• Music of the Virgin Islands — The music of the Virgin Islands reflects long standing West Indian cultural ties to the island nations to the south, the islands African heritage and European colonial history, as well as recent North American influences. Though the United States …   Wikipedia

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• Caribbean music in the United Kingdom — Music from Trinidad Large scale Caribbean migration to England began in 1948. The Empire Windrush carried almost 500 passengers from Jamaica, including Lord Kitchener, a calypso singer from Trinidad. By chance, a local newsreel company filmed him …   Wikipedia