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Jump Up Calypso
1961 studio album by Harry Belafonte From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jump Up Calypso is an album by Harry Belafonte, originally released by RCA Victor in 1961. Backing musicians include The Trinidad Steel Band.[1]
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Chart performance
It reached number 3 on the Billboard Best Selling Monoraul LP's, during a sixty seven-week run on the chart.[2]
Reception
Music critic Richie Unterberger on AllMusic wrote that the album could be seen as a return to "roots" styles, adding "In any case, it's all-out calypso, with backing by the Trinidad Steel Band, and qualifies as one of his most energetic albums, even getting rambunctious at times."[1]
A UK newspaper, the New Musical Express called it a "top album", and wrote, "An almost forgotten man here, the king of calypso Is hack, singing the songs he performs best - lively West Indian folk tunes. He makes every one of the 12 tracks a thing of beauty, specially the terrifically rhythmic romp of Jump In The Line, and the soft, sentimental".[3]
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Track listing
- "Sweetheart from Venezuela" (Fitzroy "Lord Melody" Alexander, Bob Gordon) – 3:28
- "Go Down Emanuel Road" (Irving Burgie) – 3:07
- "The Baby Boy" (Alexander, Roderick Clavery) – 3:22
- "Gloria" (Gordon, Clifton "Mighty Bomber" Ryan) – 3:08
- "Land of the Sea and Sun" (Irving Burgie) – 2:55
- "Goin' Down Jordan" (Burgie, Theophilus Woods) – 3:34
- "Jump in the Line" (Aldwyn "Lord Kitchener" Roberts) – 3:39
- "Kingston Market" (Burgie) – 3:11
- "Monkey" (Burgie, Norman "King Radio" Span) – 3:58
- "These Are the Times" (Burgie) – 3:14
- "Bally Mena" (Burgie, Robert De Cormier) – 3:25
- "Angelina" (Burgie) – 3:53
Personnel
- Harry Belafonte – vocals
- The Trinidad Steel Band
- Ernie Calabria – guitar, quatro
- Millard Thomas – guitar
- Norman Keenan – bass
Production notes
- Produced by Bob Bollard
- Mastered by Ed Begley
- Arranged by Irving Burgie
- Engineered by Bob Simpson
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