BERMUDA

Au pays des bermudas, on appelle gombey les musiques et danses aux racines africaines. Le calypso a aussi été adopté dans ce mystérieux territoire britannique d’outremer, haut-lieu du tourisme américain.
Fabrice Uriac et Bruno Blum ont déniché les enregistrements essentiels de la grande époque du calypso, tels Sidney Bean, les Talbot Brothers, Reuben McCoy, Hubert Smith, Al Harris et le jazzman Lance Hayward… Les meilleurs artistes bermudiens enfin redécouverts sur cette anthologie unique en son genre.

Patrick Frémeaux

In the land of Bermuda shorts, music and dances with roots in Africa are called gombey. This mysterious British overseas territory, a favourite of American tourists, also adopted the calypso. Fabrice Uriac & BrunoBlum have unearthed some of the essential recordings of calypso’s Golden Age, made by such originals as Sidney Bean, the Talbot Brothers, Reuben McCoy, Hubert Smith, Al Harris or jazzman Lance Hayward… A unique anthology that reveals the best artists in The Bermudas, finally rediscovered.

DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : BRUNO BLUM, FABRICE URIAC

CD1 :
SIDNEY BEAN : THESE FOOLISH THING • SIDNEY BEAN : ISLAND GAL AUDREY • THE TALBOT BROTHERS : DON’T YOU CALL ME BOO BOO • THE TALBOT BROTHERS : SUNSET IN BERMUDA • REUBEN MCCOY & THE HAMILTONIANS : CHUBBY • KINGSLEY SWAN & HIS CALYPSO ISLANDERS : YANKEE SUBWAY • KINGSLEY SWAN & HIS CALYPSO ISLANDERS : MARY ANN-DONKEY CITY • AL HARRIS & HIS CALYPSO BAND : COO COO AND FLYING FISH • AL HARRIS & HIS CALYPSO BAND : BAD BAD WOMAN • THE FOUR DEUCE : NORA • THE FOUR DEUCE : FOUR DAY MORNING • SIDNEY BEAN : STRAIGHT HAIRED GAL • SIDNEY BEAN : PIGS KNUCKLES AND RICE • THE TALBOT BROTHERS : BERMUDIAN BLUES • THE TALBOT BROTHERS : YOU CAN’T TELL THE OLD FROM THE YOUNG • THE TALBOT BROTHERS : MARY ANN/DONKEY CITY/SLY MONGOOSE • HUBERT SMITH & HIS CORAL ISLANDERS : BERMUDA • HUBERT SMITH & HIS CORAL ISLANDERS : MATILDA • HUBERT SMITH & HIS CORAL ISLANDERS : GOMBAY DANCE • SIDNEY BEAN : OPPORTUNITY • SIDNEY BEAN : MOTHERS OF TODAY • SIDNEY BEAN : BLOODSHOT EYES.
CD2 :
AL HARRIS & HIS CALYPSO BAND : RED HEAD • REUBEN MCCOY & THE HAMILTONIANS : CALYPSO TWIST • REUBEN MCCOY & THE HAMILTONIANS : LIMBO • THE TALBOT BROTHERS : OLD TIME CAT O’ NINE • THE TALBOT BROTHERS : OLD UNCLE JOE • LANCE HAYWARD : MONTEGO BAY • SIDNEY BEAN : BERMUDA • SIDNEY BEAN & HIS TRIO : COLLEGIATE INVASION • EDDIE FOUGH W/SIDNEY BEAN & HIS TRIO : CAROLINE • REUBEN MCCOY & THE HAMILTONIANS : FREEZIN’ IN NEW YORK • REUBEN MCCOY & THE HAMILTONIANS : ST. THOMAS LIMBO • REUBEN MCCOY & THE HAMILTONIANS : ELSA • HUBERT SMITH & HIS CORAL ISLANDERS : RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD • HUBERT SMITH & HIS CORAL ISLANDERS : COLLEGE HOLIDAY • HUBERT SMITH & HIS CORAL ISLANDERS : BIG TWO CALYPSO • AL HARRIS & HIS CALYPSO BAND : LANDLADY • AL HARRIS & HIS CALYPSO BAND : TAXI • THE TALBOT BROTHERS : OUT A ME • HUBERT SMITH & HIS CORAL ISLANDERS : GREEN TICKET • HUBERT SMITH & HIS CORAL ISLANDERS : MARY ANN • ERSKINE ZUILL : DONKEY WEARS PANTS • ERSKINE ZUILL : QUEEN’S CANARY.