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Released
  
2011

Length
  
74:27

Artist
  
Other Dimensions In Music

Label
  
Silkheart Records

Recorded
  
September 8, 2010

Producer
  
Fay Victor

Release date
  
2011

Genre
  
Jazz

Studio
  
ParkWest Studios, New York City

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Kaiso Stories is an album by free jazz collective quartet Other Dimensions In Music featuring vocalist Fay Victor, which was recorded in 2010 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label. The album is a collection of improvised pieces with classic Calypso lyrics from Trinidad and Tobago. Kaiso is the precursor to the modern Calypso.

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Reception

The JazzTimes review by Lloyd Sachs notes that Fay Victor "reawakens cultural history, addressing political and religious topics as well as boy-girl and life-and-death themes with manic chants, raspy shouts and patois-inflected spoken recitations."

Track listing

  1. "Maryanne Revisited" - 13:33
  2. "Three Friends Advised" - 15:24
  3. "Kitch Goes Home"- 7:36
  4. "Saltfish Refried" - 10:46
  5. "John Gilman Wants Tobacco" - 1:57
  6. "An Open Letter" - 10:02
  7. "De Night A De Wake"- 6:45
  8. "We Is We Trini" - 8:24

Personnel

  • Roy Campbell - trumpet, pocket trumpet, flugelhorn, flute, recorder, shepherd pipes, arghul, bird whistles, panpipes, bells
  • Daniel Carter - alto sax, tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, trumpet, clarinet
  • William Parker - bass, gembri, bass duduk, trombonium
  • Charles Downs - drums, percussion
  • Fay Victor - voice

    • References

    Kaiso Stories Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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