Soul Jazz Records Presents - 90 Degrees of Shade - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Soul Jazz Records new album 90 Degrees of Shade features the music of the Caribbean - Mambo, Calypso, Mento, Merengue, Latin Jazz and much more the music of Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and more all feature in this lightning journey through the many island sounds. This is the sound of independence, righteous and hot jump-up sounds from the 1950's and 60's, an exciting period of endless new musical styles that would travel across the world - Mento, the Jamaican precursor to Reggae; Mambos and Descargas from Cuba, Dominican Merengue, Haitian Compas - it's all here! This album coincides with the of Soul Jazz Records massive new deluxe large hardback book 90 Degrees of Shade 100 Years of Photography in the Caribbean (with foreword by Paul Gilroy) featuring hundreds of fascinating and unique photographs spanning one hundred years of Caribbean history. The new album comes as a deluxe two-CD pack complete with large outside booklet, packed full of info and original artwork. There are also two limited edition separate heavyweight double LP vinyl editions, each one housed in gatefold sleeves complete with insert, full text and free download code. Also comes as a worldwide digital . Album Tracks 1. Come to the Caribbean 2. Trombon Criollo 3. Bambouche 4. Tamboritos Panamenos 5. Timbales 6. Christmas Time in Nassau 7. Panono M'tombe 8. Mississippi Mambo 9. Nassau Blues 10. Nago 11. Rum and Coconut Water 12. Donkey Wants Water 13. Anatole 14. West Indies 15. Los Dos Merengues 16. Theme for Conga 17. Mary's Lamb 18. Perseverance 19. Swingin' Mambo 20. Fifty Cents 21. Maiz 22. El Aguardiente 23. Anna Macao 24. Whai, Whai, Whai 25. Omo Belli 26. Bombele 27. Liza See Me Here 28. Con la Punta Del Pie Teresa 29. Java 30. Rinmin Ce Folie 31. Dr. Kinsey Report 32. Yembe Laroco