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LITITZ MENTO BAND
Dance Music and Working Songs from Jamaica


Gerald Myers banjo
Clement Smalling guitar
Theodore Miller violin
Sonny Borriel guitar
Cleveland Salmon rumba box
Jerome Williams vocals
Ted Dwyer company manager

"Revenge is not only sweet, but sometimes unashamedly funny as well: In their seventeen minute opening "quadrille", the six Jamaicans have quite impartially built in a disrespectful version of 'Rule Britannia'. ... Later on, there's also the 'Banana Boat Song' (under the title 'Day Oh'), 'Island In The Sun', the 'Rivers of Babylon' and - they stop at nothing - the 'Tennessee Waltz'. ... Featuring (lead-)violin and banjo, rumba-box and guitar, the partially quite aged Mento gentlemen (five of the six are over sixty) play the earthy, rural folk music of Jamaica, a close relation to the calypso of Trinidad. Music that gets rid of all bad moods, and really fits with sun and summer, rest and relaxation". (Disc)

Audio Born Jamaican
10102
14,50 EUR
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