jazz and hot dance in martinique 1929-1950

"the martiniquans and the guadeloupans have the same musical roots as we have - the black north americans - and when they join us they play jazz, and whenever we join them we play créole!" (arthur briggs)


1 - l'orchestre antillais (a.stellio) - sepent maigre  (1929)
2 - l'orchestre antillais (a.stellio) - mussieu dollar  (1929)
3 - orchestre e. léardée du celébre bal colonial de la rue blomet - la belle amélie  (1930)
4 - orchestre creols band (f.valvert) - ninon  (1930)
5 - orchestre creols band (f.valvert) - en bas cialle la  (1930)
6 - notte and his creole band - taint no sin  (1931)
7 - notte and his creole band - i've found a wonderful girl  (1931)
8 - salnave and his band - brown love  (1933)
9 - jazz sam castandet - sweet georgia brown  (1936)
10 - haitian orchestra - sous le palmiers  (1939)
11 - fredy jumbo et son ensemble - swing 42  (1942)
12 - jean ferret et son sixtette - swing guitars  (1943)
13 - harry cooper et son orchestre - nuages  (1943)
14 - ensemble swing du hot club colonial - georgina  (1944)
15 - jam session no 6 - china boy  (1946)
16 - del's jazz biguine - la figuie  (1951)

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