[78-L] Robert Mavounzy data and west indies was:re Sidney & the Lion play calypso

[yves francois]

one more thing, the LP i do not own is "Blowing at the Cigale" (Numera Records) avec Al Lirvat - not ...Montmartre" as previously posted
Yves François

--- On Tue, 6/8/10, yves francois <aprestitine at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: yves francois <aprestitine at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [78-L] Robert Mavounzy data and west indies was:re Sidney & the Lion play calypso
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 1:33 PM
> Julian
> I also like Jack Sneed ("The Numbers Man" is quite a bit of
> fun, use it when i show children in schools about rap of all
> things) et all very much as well as Belsaco, Manning,
> Whodini (esp the sides with Walter Bennett on trumpet and Al
> Morgan on bass), also like the Humphrey Lyttleton 
> sides around 1952 in the Indies genre...
> off to MAVOUNZY 
> the LP is not under his name but it he is the musical
> leader of the session:
> DISQUES CELINI presents MARTINIQUE MUSIC D'AUTREFOIS
> l'album d'or de la biguine 
> celini disques AUX ONDES LRC 01
> this is now avail on CD from Fremeaux FA5259
> 
> while looking for it I recall 2 other LPs by Mavounzy with
> Al Lirvat
> celini disques again AUX ONDES 
> LP RGC 10030 AL LIRVAT ROBERT MAVOUNZY "Musique
> Folklorique"
> 
> I have these two, there is a third I think it's called
> "Blowing In Montmartre" - I wish I had that one, that one is
> straight jazz.
>  His playing on the first disc I mentioned is about as good
> as it gets for performing west indies music with some of the
> freedom we associate with the best of jazz. after all Robert
> is a jazzman as well as a biguine artist ...
> hope this helps
> Yves
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 6/8/10, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Sidney & the Lion play
> calypso
> > To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 12:26 PM
> > yves francois wrote:
> > * BTW Mavounzy did an incredible LP in the 60's with
> a
> > rhythm trio of 
> > biguines, he is a stellar musician, and could bridge
> the
> > gap between 
> > jazz and biguine very well (as did Al Lirvat and Abel
> > Beauregard)
> > ==================
> > I like calypso records, but a succession of non-vocal
> > performances does 
> > get a little tiring, especially when the talents of
> the
> > jazz musicians 
> > are not employed. There are other calypso records with
> a
> > jazz content 
> > (Wilmoth Houdini, Sam Manning and Jack Sneed).
> > 
> > A friend of mine is a Mavounzy fan. He'd be interested
> in
> > this LP. Could 
> > you let me have the catalogue number?
> > 
> >       Julian Vein
> 
> 
>       
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