You can bet I'm going to be showing this to my World Music classes from now on! There's a lot of material here that I've read about, but seeing/hearing a well-written mini-documentary like this adds many dimensions that books and journal articles don't.
It is Great to hear this Great history of calypso {Kaiso}, it is in my blood because i play it on guitar and my parents whre born on the island of Trinidad, i also have a brother who plays steel pans and queeping the culture and music alive
I think Holly Betaudier mixed up the two early Chantwells, Gros Jean and Congo Barra during this section of the "Calypso At Dirty Jim's" documentary. Based upon my research the early chantwell Gros Jean did not die in the Royal Jail in PoS but instead died of food poisoning at his owner's plantation estate in Diego Martin in the late 1820's just before Slavery was abolished. Congo Barra was the one who died in the Royal Jail in Port-of-Spain at the hands of the colonial authorities who felt threatened by some of his protest calypsos. The calypso called "Prisonié Lévéz" or "Congo Barra" that is played and sung during this segment of the "Calypso At Dirty Jim's" documentary was originally composed in the late 1800's in protest of the popular chantwell Congo Barra being jailed by the colonial authorities. Here is link to the 1935 version of "Congo Barra" (a Trinidadian calypso sung in kwéyòl or patois) featured in this segment of the documentary: czcams.com/video/2N0VEcMPleE/video.html The track is sung by the Keskidee Trio featuring Lord Beginner, Atilla The Hun and Tiger backed by Gerald Clark & His Caribbean Serenaders - Congo Bara (1935 Calypso recording in Kwéyòl) with lyrics.
Thank you gentlemen.
You can bet I'm going to be showing this to my World Music classes from now on! There's a lot of material here that I've read about, but seeing/hearing a well-written mini-documentary like this adds many dimensions that books and journal articles don't.
I am proud of my country, and we are a unique people.
me too
It is Great to hear this Great history of calypso {Kaiso}, it is in my blood because i play it on guitar and my parents whre born on the island of Trinidad, i also have a brother who plays steel pans and queeping the culture and music alive
i've never seen this documentary in it's entirety. I need to buy a copy. somebody know where i can get one here in the u.s?
I think Holly Betaudier mixed up the two early Chantwells, Gros Jean and Congo Barra during this section of the "Calypso At Dirty Jim's" documentary. Based upon my research the early chantwell Gros Jean did not die in the Royal Jail in PoS but instead died of food poisoning at his owner's plantation estate in Diego Martin in the late 1820's just before Slavery was abolished. Congo Barra was the one who died in the Royal Jail in Port-of-Spain at the hands of the colonial authorities who felt threatened by some of his protest calypsos. The calypso called "Prisonié Lévéz" or "Congo Barra" that is played and sung during this segment of the "Calypso At Dirty Jim's" documentary was originally composed in the late 1800's in protest of the popular chantwell Congo Barra being jailed by the colonial authorities.
Here is link to the 1935 version of "Congo Barra" (a Trinidadian calypso sung in kwéyòl or patois) featured in this segment of the documentary: czcams.com/video/2N0VEcMPleE/video.html
The track is sung by the Keskidee Trio featuring Lord Beginner, Atilla The Hun and Tiger backed by Gerald Clark & His Caribbean Serenaders - Congo Bara (1935 Calypso recording in Kwéyòl) with lyrics.
Gros Jean, The First Calypsonian...www.guardian.co.tt/article-6.2.394657.41e7c848c3
sorry for my 1T people
LUL
Your right!
what about 1S 😂🤣😅
what about 1R
@@aidianbasdeo6700 it is what it is
which African language though