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Genres / Genres

dance song, Bidjin bélè, bélè

Performers / Performers

Londas, Sully

Longrais, Mardel

Grebeau, Emile

Boislaville, Loulou

Charlery, Maurice

Sainte-Rose, Georges

Laugetty, Raymond

Coppet, Hurard

Nom du groupe / Group name

Musique Créole Group

Disposition / Setting

Ravine Vilaine

Lieu / Location

Fort-de-France

Langage / Language

Créole Français de Martinique

Session / Session

Fort-de-France 6/62

Date / Date

19/06/1962

Information de référence / Reference information

T1119.0, Track 07 (00:06:58)

Sessions notes / Sessions notes

This session features a group lead by Loulou Boislaville (b. 1919), a famous bandleader, composer, and dancer, as well as the well-known clarinetist Hurard Coppet (1908-1971). The style and sound of these performances are best summarized as urban popular dance music. Many of the recordings in this session can be found on Caribbean Voyage: The French Antilles (Rounder 1733) and Caribbean Voyage: Martinique (Rounder 1730).

Note d'enregistrement / Recording notes

Polyphonic texture and improvisatory feel. A number of repeating chorus/refrain sections (sung by several singers) are featured midway through this performance and provide a background for instrumental extemporization.

Collection / Collection

Caribbean 1962

General information / Information générale

Ce document provient de la collecte réalisée par Alan Lomax dans les Petites Antilles en 1962. Propriété de l'Association for Cultural Equity. Pour toute autre utilisation, contactez l'Association for Cultural Equity (www.culturalequity.org)

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