Caribbean Dances (1953) CD

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Cruise the Caribbean during the mid-twentieth century heyday of "the society ballroom and the honky-tonk [music] of the West Indies." Stop by Martinique, the Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Antigua and Curacao; dance along to calypso, beguine, vals, videe, seven step, quadrille, bula waya and mambo.

101     Videe      Orchestra du Groupe Folklorique      3:40                              
102     Mazurka     Orchestra du Groupe Folklorique     2:55                             
103     Medley of Old Calypso     The Mighty Zebra     2:59                               
104     Vals Guadeloupienne     Orchestre du Fanfant Gilbert     1:14                     
105     Mambo No. 5     Brute Force Steel Band     4:10                                   
201     Bula Waya-Tumba     Padu del Caribe, Netherlands Antilles Orchestra     2:42      
202     Seven Step     Mebobo's Quintet     3:04                                           
203     Aura Waltz     Padu del Caribe, Netherlands Antilles Orchestra     3:10           
204     Fourth Figure of Lanceros     Mebobo's Quintet     2:53