Caribe Josephine Premice Sings Calypso + Calypso (2 LP On 1 CD)

Description: Personnel: Josephine Premice (vcl), Barney Kessel (dir) Josephine Premice was one of the foremost stage actresses of the 1940s and 1950s. Although she was born in Brooklyn in 1926, her wealthy parents took her to Haiti as a child. They returned to the United States when she was seven, where she started taking dancing lessons and auditioning for parts. She danced with Katherine Dunhams troup, and made her professional debut on the Broadway show Blue Holiday in 1945. That same year she sang with Josh White in a national African-American concert hall tour before going on as a single. From then on, her career would become a legend. In September 1949 she was already touring Europe, where she became a sensation in Italy, France, Spain, England, and the Scandinavian countries. Her calypso renditionswhich often took place at night clubs between acting stintswere specially successful, and would follow Premice her whole life, so much so that they led to the recording of the two albums included in this set. As an actress, she appeared in numerous Broadway playstwice garnering Tony award nominations for her performancesand worked steadily on TV. When she died in 2001, Josephine Premice was hailed by many in the acting industry as a role model of how to survive through adversity, and how to change with the times to keep an acting career alive. Her tall, angular body, vivid gestures, and short-cropped hair made her a familiar figure throughout the world that wont be soon forgotten. TRACKLIST: 01. Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree 1:54 02. The Man I Love 1:34 03. Island Wind 1:33 04. Rookombey 1:56 05. Talk t' Me 1:33 06. It Never Happens to Me 2:50 07. No, No, Joe 1:58 08. Taking a Chance on Love 1:24 09. Chicken Gumbo 1:34 10. Song of the Jumbies 3:05 11. The Thief 2:09 12. Tis Only a Matter of Mind Over Matter 2:53 13. The Lost Watch 2:11 14. Sweetie Joe 2:29 15. Sambas do Brazil 1:57 16. You Ugly Son of an Animal 2:34 17. Lady Want Rent 2:24 18. Hollywood Calypso 1:56 19. Choucoune 2:57 20. Mommy Out de Light 2:07 21. Siesta 2:28 22. They Say 2:05 23. Calypso Chant (Tierra va temblá) 2:20 All compositions by Josephine Premice except: #1 by Arlen-Capote; #2 by G. & I. Gershwin; #3 by Hunter-Emig; #5 by Skylar-Fields; #6 by Elly; #7 by Kessel-Marshall; #8 by Duke-Felter-Latouche; #9 by Merrick-Willoughby-Evans; #11 by Norvas; #12 by Brana-Sanford-Mysels; #22 by Heyman-Mann-Weiss; and #23 by Mariano Mercerón Sources: Tracks #1-12, from the LP "Caribe · Josephine Premice Sings Calypso" (Verve MG V-2067) Tracks #13-21, from the LP "Calypso" (GNP-Crescendo GNP-24) Tracks #22-23, from the LP "Sessions, Live" (Calliope CAL3013) Personnel on "Caribe": Josephine Premice (vcl), accompanied by orchestra arranged and conducted by Barney Kessel, featuring Barney Kessel (g), and Ben Tucker (b). Recorded in Los Angeles, March 21 & 22, 1957 Personnel on "Calypso": Josephine Premice (vcl), accompanied by her group featuring Rudy Kerpays (p), Norman & Armstead Shobey (bongo & conga). Recorded in Los Angeles, December 1956 Personnel on "Sessions, Live": Josephine Premice (vcl), accompanied on #22 by Rudy Kerpays (p), Don Prell (b), and Chuck Flores (d). On #23 by Norman & Armstead Shobey (bongo & conga). Recorded in Los Angeles, Stars of Jazz TV show, November 26, 1956 Produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol 24-Bit Digitally Remastered

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