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Track |
Title |
Composers |
Duration |
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1 |
MERENGUE PARTY |
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones |
3'13" |
| Description | 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) (see also track 19). Up-tempo, lively, bright, happy theme |
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2 |
CUBA LIBRA |
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones |
3'12" |
| Description | Up tempo, lively, bright, happy, dynamic mix of Hispanic Cuban Latin rhythms and sound. Big band, cabaret, carnival, Miami, Cuban style |
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3 |
BRAZILIA |
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones |
3'17" |
| Description | From Brazil, a medium up-tempo samba (the ballroom and carnival derivative originating from the batuque, a traditional folk samba), lively, bright, happy, carnival theme |
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4 |
SALSA RICO |
Arthur Howell |
2'41" |
| Description | 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 |
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5 |
MEXICANA |
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones |
3'09" |
| Description | 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 |
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6 |
SALPICAITO |
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones |
3'14" |
| Description | Up tempo, lively, bright, happy Salpicaito or Cuban-Afro Caribbean origin blended in a rich mix of Afro-Latino Caribbean rhythms |
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7 |
REGGAE PARTY |
Michael James |
1'48" |
| Description | Medium tempo Afro-Caribbean Jamaican reggae, associated with ska, rocksteady and the African high life music. Bright, happy, relaxed theme |
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8 |
LAMBADA RIO |
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones |
3'25" |
| Description | From Brazil, fast, erotic dance of the lambada with all the Latino rhythms to create a lively, bright, happy feel |
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9 |
MARIMBA NOVA |
Peter Chafer |
2'34" |
| Description | A Brazilian bossa nova, bright, happy, Latino Caribbean mix in a big band style featuring the African marimba |
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10 |
CUBAN MIX |
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones |
3'21" |
| Description | Medium up-tempo Afro-Caribbean / Latino American big band carnival mix, happy, bright, lively with rhythms related to the rhumba, mambo and samba |
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11 |
CALYPSO |
Arthur Howell |
2'44" |
| Description | From Trinidad, Barbados, the West Indies, a calypso mixed to a bright, lively, happy carnival atmosphere. Big band featuring steel drums and guitar |
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12 |
CHA-CHA RICO |
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones |
3'10" |
| Description | From Cuba, the cha-cha. A big band Latino-Caribbean mix featuring mute trumpet in the typical cha-cha style |
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13 |
MAMBO |
Anthony Walton |
2'41" |
| Description | From Cuba and Haiti, the popular Afro-Cuban dance of the mambo. Happy, bright lively theme
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14 |
LAMBADA PARTY |
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones |
1'54" |
| Description | From Brazil, the fast erotic dance of the lambada, Latino atmosphere, bright, lively, happy theme |
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15 |
MARTINIQUE |
Keith Tipping |
2'10" |
| Description | 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 |
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16 |
CARNIVAL TIME |
Arthur Howell |
2'36" |
| Description | From Trinidad, Barbados, the West Indies, a big band, steel drum calypso mix set in a carnival atmosphere. Bright, happy, lively theme |
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17 |
VIVA TROPICAL |
John Wayre |
3'22" |
| Description | From the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, famous for the dances of the zouk, beguine, lewoz, gwo ka and kaladja, an up-tempo, bright, lively, big band theme |
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18 |
JAMAICA |
Philip Newbould |
2'34" |
| Description | A lively, bright, happy, Jamaican ska theme with rhythms associated to reggae, rocksteady and the African high life |
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19 |
MERENGUE DANCE |
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones |
3'12" |
| Description | From the Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) (Hispaniola) a dance created from highly 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 |
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20 |
BARBADOS |
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones |
1'54" |
| Description | From Trinidad, Barbados, the West Indies. A lively, bright, happy, relaxed, light, calypso, sun, fun, leisure, cricket, party atmosphere |
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21 |
TROPICAL |
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones |
2'29" |
| Description | Medium up-tempo cocktail of Afro-Caribbean, Latino American rhythms creating a bright, lively, happy, carnival, party atmosphere |
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22 |
CUMBIA |
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones |
3'16" |
| Description | Up-tempo Afro-Caribbean, Latino, cumbia dance, bright, lively, happy, big band theme
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23 |
LAMBADA TIME |
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones |
3'21" |
| Description | A medium up-tempo Latin mix of the highly popular fast, erotic dance the Brazilian lambada, happy, bright, lively theme |
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24 |
MENEITO |
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones |
2'30" |
| Description | Medium tempo meneito dance, happy, bright, lively, Afro-Caribbean theme, associated similar in style to the Cuban rhumba and mambo |
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25 |
SAMBA SURPRISE |
Colin Eade / Roderick Jones |
1'54" |
| Description | Medium up-tempo samba from Brazil in a carnival, ballroom, big band mix, whose roots are originated from the batuque, an Afro-Brazilian folk dance |
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26 |
REGGAE CARNIVAL |
Frank Millum |
2'20" |
| Description | From Jamaica a medium up-tempo, Afro-Caribbean reggae, large group, bright, lively, happy, fun, carnival, party atmosphere |
