New Orleans ‘26

Charlie & the Tropicales return with another collection of scorching calypso, rocksteady, cumbia, & biguine.

Always an outlier in the United States, New Orleans is more culturally connected with Haiti, Havana, Kingston and Port of Spain than, say, Kentucky - no offense to the Bluegrass State.

New Orleans music spread like wildfire twice in the 20th Century - hot jazz in the 1920s, and the pulsing R&B and Rock n Roll of the late 1940s-1960s. The recordings of Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, Huey Piano Smith, and Allen Toussaint were all in heavy rotation in 1960s Jamaica, inspiring early ska, rocksteady, and reggae from Alton Ellis, Derrick Morgan, Prince Buster, Rico Rodriguez and more.

Of course, consider the bamboula by Gottschalk, the calypsos recorded by Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet, and the latin percussion with Professor Longhair and the Meters - this has been a two way street for centuries.

New Orleans music IS Caribbean music. Here on ‘New Orleans ’26’ - evergreen dance music from Jamaica, Trinidad, Guadeloupe, New Orleans, & Colombia. They’ve done it again!

Tracklist

A1.   Tain't It The Truth (featuring Sal Geloso)
A2.   Cumbia Tio T
A3.   Ruler of My Heart (featuring Mireya Ramos)
A4.   Gabe's Archipelago
A5.   I Must Be In A Good Place Now
A6.   Rare's Calypso

B1.   El Negro Zumbo'n (featuring Mireya Ramos, Gabriel Case)
B2.   Doudou Beaux
B3.   Perfidia (featuring Mireya Ramos)
B4.   Lagrimas
B5.   Binie's Groove
B6.   Ruler of My Heart (Roger Rivas Version)