V/A - Goombay! Music From The Bahamas 1951-59 - LP

1.
Blind Blake - Goombay Rock 02:59
2.
Freddie Munnings - Coconut Woman 02:17
3.
George Symonette - Goombay 02:52
4.
Charlie Adamson - Bangalee 02:12
5.
Delbon Johnson - Bullfrog Dressed In Soldier's Clothes 01:53
6.
Freddie Munnings - Digby 02:27
7.
André Toussaint - La Cruz 02:24
8.
Freddie Munnings - Come To The Caribbean 02:17
9.
Blind Blake - Spirit Rum 02:24
10.
Delbon Johnson - Sly Mongoose 02:17
11.
André Toussaint - Nassau Merengue 01:54
12.
George Symonette - Camilla 02:35
13.
Delbon Johnson - Nassau Night 02:36
14.
Vincent Martin - Uncle Joe 02:59


Just off the Florida coast, Bahamian Goombay music is a succulent hybrid, somewhere between rhythm and blues, Trinidadian calypso and Jamaican mento, yet it comes from The Bahamas, where it lives on as a separate style. The presence of world-class composers and performers Blind Blake Higgs, George Symonette or Charlie Adamson made the sounds of Nassau a Golden Age, filled with unique charm and tropical dreams. This music is finally available again on vinyl after 60 years!

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