TI CHABINE MANZE TITINE LA / MME. KILLIO by CYRIL DIAZ ORCHESTRA
SKU | 91966 |
Artist | CYRIL DIAZ ORCHESTRA |
Title | TI CHABINE MANZE TITINE LA / MME. KILLIO |
Label | JAMWAX |
Catalog # | JAMWAX 07 |
Tag | |
Release | W 33 - 2016 |
Format | Vinyl - EU7'' |
Import | |
€ 12,99 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- Ti Chabine Manze Titine La
- Mme. Killio
Description
West African and Venezuelan inspired dance floor 45 from Cyril Diaz the 1950's Trinidadian bandleader playing the roots music of his Afro-Venezuelan parentage. His father Gordon Diaz migrated to Trinidad sometime in the early 1900's. Throughout the 1950's Cyril Diaz and his big band calypso orchestra toured the Caribbean and South America recording culturally inspired hybrid calypsos with an African and Latin tinge. Showcased here is his fascination with West African shango on "Mme Killio" Mme Killio is a famous beauty contest in Africa, Diaz�s version being recorded by Emory Cook in November 1957. 300 copies only