Cyril Diaz & His Orchestra ~ Voodoo 10" [Soundway, 2011]

SNDW10002

A1. Taboo
A2. Voodoo

B1. Chive Soup Merengue
B2. Serenal



Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Cyril Diaz
Trumpet, Soloist [Trumpet] – Paul Oxley

The version of 'Tabu' appeared on 'Calypso Carnival 1958 Vol. 1' [Balisier HDF 1003]
'Voodoo' is taken from the 1959 LP 'Caribbean Cruise With The Cyril Diaz Orchestra'

'This four track EP, limited to 1500 copies, sees Soundway head to Trindad for 4 orginal 1950s instrumental calypso recording from Cyril Diaz who became renowned for the 'rich and smooth tone' of his tenor sax playing. On this EP Soundway presents four of his tracks including the traditional Cuban standard ‘Tabu’, the Haitian inspired ‘Voodoo’ and ‘Serenal’ with it’s alternate version ‘Chive Soup Merengie’ both derived from Trinidad’s Latin music tradition; parang.' press

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