CARIBBEAN & LATIN AMERICAN Vol 1
PANAMA MUSIC LIBRARY – PANAMA 014

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Track & Title
Description
Composer
Duration
1. MERENGUE PARTY
From the Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) (Hispaniola), a dance created from original song traditions by the merging of the plena (African work songs) and the decima (a 10-line, 17th century Spanish verse song). Up-tempo, lively, bright, happy theme
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones
3’13
2. CUBA LIBRA
Up tempo, lively, bright, happy, dynamic mix of Hispanic Cuban Latin rhythms and sound. Big bandm cabaret, carnival, Miami, Cuban style
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones
3’12
3. BRAZILIA
From Brazil, a mdium-up tempo samba (the ballroom and carnival derivative originating from the batuque, a traditional folk samba), lively, bright, happy, carnival theme
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones
3’17
4. SALSA RICO
From Puerto Rico and of Cuban origin, inspired by a fusion of Latin and soul music, a happy, bright, lively salsa in a Caribbean mix
Arthur Howell
2’41
5. MEXICANA
From Pueblo of Cocula in the state of Jalisco in Mexico, come the mariachi and fiesta street bands. A theme with a rich mixture of rhythms and trumpets
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones
3’08
6. SALPICAITO
Up tempo, lively, bright, happy Salpicaito of Cuban-Afro Caribbean origin blended in a rich mix of Afro-Latino Caribbean rhythms
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones
3’14
7. REGGAE PARTY
Medium tempo, Afro-Caribbean Jamaican reggae, associated with ska, rocksteady and the African high life music. Bright, happy, relaxed theme
Michael James
1’48
8. LAMBADA RIO
From Brazil, fast, erotic dance of the lambada with all the Latino rhythms to create a lively, bright, happy feel
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones
3’25
9. MARIMBA NOVA
A Brazilian bossa nova, bright, happy, Latino Caribbean mix in a big band style featuring the African marimba
Peter Chafer
2’34
10. CUBAN MIX
Medium up-tempo Afro-Caribbean/Latino American big band carnival mix, happy, bright, lively with rhythms related to the rhumba, mambo and samba
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones
3’21
11. CALYPSO
From Trinidad, Barbados, the West Indies, a calypso mixed to a bright, lively, happy carnival atmosphere. Big band featuring steel drums and guitar
Arthur Howell
2’44
12. CHA-CHA RICO
From Cuba, the cha-cha. A big band Latino-Caribbean mix featuring mute trumpet in the typical cha-cha style
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones
3’10
13. MAMBO
From Cuba and Haiti, the popular Afro-Cuban dance of the mambo. Happy, bright, lively theme
Anthony Walton
2’41
14. LAMBADA PARTY
From Brazil, the fast erotic dance of the lambada, Latino atmosphere, bright, lively, happy theme
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones
1’54
15. MARTINIQUE
Medium tempo, happy, bright, guitar theme from the Caribbean island of Martinique, famous for its rhythms and dances of the zouk, beguine, mazurka, bel air and damie etc
Keith Tipping
2’09
16. CARNIVAL TIME
From Trinidad, Barbados, the West Indies, a big band, steel drum calypso mix set in a carnival atmosphere. Bright, happy, lively theme
Arthur Howell
2’36
17. VIVA TROPICAL
From the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, famus for the dances of the zouk, beguine, levoz, gwo ka and kaladja, an up-tempo, bright, lively, big band theme
John Wayre
3’23
18. JAMAICA
A lively, bright, happy, Jamaican ska theme with rhythms associated to reggae, rocksteady and the African high life
Philip Newbould
2’34
19. MERENGUE DANCE
From the Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) (Hispaniola), a dance created from original song traditions by the merging of the plena (African work songs) and the decima (a 10-line, 17th century Spanish verse song). Up-tempo, lively, bright, happy theme
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones
3’12
20. BARBADOS
From Trinidad, Barbados, the West Indies. A lively, bright, happy, relaxed, light, calypso, sun, fun, leisure, cricket, party atmosphere
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones
1’54
21. TROPICAL
Medium up-tempo cocktail of Afro-Caribbean, Latino American rhythms creating a bright, lively, happy, carnival, party atmosphere
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones
2’29
22. CUMBIA
Up tempo, Afro-Caribbean, Latin, cumbia dance, bright, lively, happy, big band theme
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones
3’16
23. LAMBADA TIME
A medium up-tempo Latin mix of the highly popular fast, erotic dance the Brazilian lambada, happy, bright, lively theme
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones
3’21
24. MENEITO
Medium tempo meneito dance, happy, bright, lively, Afro-Caribbean theme, associated similar in style to the Cuban rhumba and mambo
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones
2’30
25. SAMBA SURPRISE
Medium ip-tempo samba from Brazil in a carnival, ballroom, big band mix, whose roots are originated from the batuque, an Afro-Brazilian folk dance
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones
1’56
26. REGGAE CARNIVAL
From Jamaica a medium up-tempo, Afro-Caribbean reggae, large group, bright, lively, happy, fun, carnival, party atmosphere
Francis Millum
2’20