Kaiso Stories
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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.[1]
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."[2]
Track listing
- "Maryanne Revisited" - 13:33
- "Three Friends Advised" - 15:24
- "Kitch Goes Home"- 7:36
- "Saltfish Refried" - 10:46
- "John Gilman Wants Tobacco" - 1:57
- "An Open Letter" - 10:02
- "De Night A De Wake"- 6:45
- "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 at Silkheart Records
- ^ Sachs, Lloyd. Kaiso Stories review at JazzTimes