Description
2-CD Digipak (6-sided) with 44-page booklet, 30 tracks. Total playing time c. 143:59 min
In 1971 two songs were released in Trinidad & Tobago that represented completely new directions in the musical and lyrical expression of Trinidad's place in the diaspora, Indian on one hand and African on the other. Nanny & Nana by Sundar Popo and Blow 'Way by Lancelot Layne were revolutionary and ground breaking and spawned two distinctly new genres in Trinidad & Tobago music -- Chutney music in the case of Sundar Popo and Rapso, in Lance's case. Brother Resistance calls Lancelot Layne the father of Rapso music.
During the early 1970s Lance recorded at least a dozen startlingly original songs including Blow 'Way, Afro'Dadian, Bringing' Off, Dat is Horros and Kaiso For Mout' Band. Each one expanding his talent for musical arrangements and dramatic counterpoint with chorus responses and vocal variation. He enlisted musicians, each exciting and pioneering in their own right, breaking ground in the post 1970 cultural revolution: calypso/jazz pianist, Clive Zanda; composer, guitarist, singer and flautist, Andre Tanker; Mau Mau Drummers including the young Jah Jah Onilu, Mansa Musa Drummers; vocalists, including Ann Marie Innis and Ella Andall. The result is exciting, confident and musically ground-breaking. Until his death in 1990 he kept commenting and educating T&T's society with songs like Get Off The Radio, Kamboulay, Jambalasie Dance and Strike Squad.
Lancelot Layne was a phenomenal singer, composer, arranger, bassist, producer, and bandleader. For over two decades he had challenged all people of African descent as well as those of other races who were considered 'black', to detach themselves from the ideology that their race was inferior to others. His focus was mostly on Trinidadians and Tobagonians and his dedication to his country could only be described as infinite.
Media
Track Listing
Disc 1:- Blow 'Way
- Funky Calypso
- Afro' Dadian
- Bringin' Off
- Dat Is Horrors
- Kaiso For Mout' Band
- Song For Music
- Make Life Easy On Me
- Yo Tink It Sorf
- Carnival Drum Song
- Doh Dig No Blues (Part 1)
- Umbawa
- Do You Know Where You Are Going To
- Chant
- Gih Me Moh
- Fusion II
- Doh Rock Me So
- Wong Ping
- Bassman
- Kalo Gee Bull Bull
- In A Man's Life
- Make Life Easy On Me (version)
- Sweet Boy
- Get Off The Radio
- Dance Jambalasie Dance
- Kamboulay
- Kamboulay (Dance Mix)
- Free South Africa
- Long Live Trinidad Burrokeets
- If I Were King
Additional Details
Label: Cree Records
Genre: Latin
Language: English
Run Time: 144 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 04/07/17
UPC: 5397102121128
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