.DEL'S JAZZ BIGUINE BONUS.

.BONUS.

78rpm RITMO n°17

.ORCHESTRE DEL'S JAZZ BIGUINE.

°MANGOZO° °MADININA°

Dirigé par Eugène Delouche

source: http://listentoyourears.blogspot.com


In 1931’s Paris, Eugène Delouche, a clarinettist born in Martinique in 1909, was Stellio’s equal in spreading the beguine.
After World War II he founded RITMO, the label on which he recorded his own 78’s, giving free rein to his creative imagination in jazz and the music of the Caribbean. 

Jean-Pierre MEUNIER

While my researches into 78 rpm, I once found this very graphic and beautiful red sleeve from an old and obscure label called Ritmo. You probably remember of it as I used it for the artwork of the namesake 'Ritmo' compilation.
On this same cover was wrote in French 'The most tipical French West-Indies orchestras are recording on Ritmo'. As I had never heard about it before, this was  enough to really excite my curiousity.

I unfortunately didn't find any record from the label until last week when, travelling into the great blog Listen To Your Ears owned by Yoyo, I came across this doubly interesting post ! First I was finally able to discover some productions from this label, and moreover the artist released was the Del's Jazz Biguine, orchestra wich I had already found another record, an exellent Biguine-Jazz on 78 rpm also. This one has been compiled in the 'Dirty Caribbean Jazz vol°02'.

As It was making a lot of sense to share this record here, Yoyo allowed me to post it.
So check 'Mangozo' and 'Madinina', both sides of this fantastic early 50s 78 rpm recording where figured David Martial at his very beginning.

'MANGOZO' (Samba) / RIT. 140

(L.P. d'Inez)
Guitare Solo: Don Baretto

Orch: Del's Jazz Biguine
Direction: Eugène Delouche
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'MADININA' (Biguine) / RIT. 137

(Delouche - Boislaville)
Chantée par: David Martial
Guitare Solo: Don Baretto
Orch: Del's Jazz Biguine
Direction: Eugène Delouche
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EUGÈNE DELOUCHE (1909-1975)

Eugène Passion Delouche was born on March 28, 1909 in the town of Marigot (formerly Fonds d’Or). He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts of Fort-de-France and began working as a drawer with his father, architect in Martinique.

Very young, he has the love of music and learned the violin in the Philharmonic Orchestra "L'Aurore" directed by Daniel Danjou. But he soon adopted the clarinet after hearing Stellio who became his model. When this one is going to Paris in late April 1929, Delouche succeeded him at the Cinema Gaumont of Fort-de-France. And it is then Stellio who will brings him to Paris in October 1931 to take his place for one year at La Boule Blanche. Delouche then played in Tunisia and then in Rome.

In 1935, he is in Martinique for the Tricentenary festivities. Back in Paris in late 1935, he started the saxophone and get interested in jazz without abandoning the beguine. During the war, alongside the music, he worked as a specialized worker in a famous organ builder. He restarted his work as a musician full time after the Liberation.

In 1951, Eugene Delouche creates RITMO, his own 78 rpm record label. He is again in the West Indies for 1953s Carnival. At his death in Paris on August 9, 1975, at the age of 66 years, he worked as a taxi driver.

Eugène Delouche left us a rich phonographic production, spread from 1932 to 1953, comparable in importance to Stellio's one. With his band "Del's Jazz Biguine", including the guitarist Pollo Malahel and the pianist from Martinique René Leopold, he recorded some pure gems of the Beguine. It is also the composer of many masterpieces of the West Indian valse, which he had made a specialty.

.LES MAINS NOIRES FINISH #1st !.

I've been glad, happy and very honored to learn yesterday that I finish first of the 'Wax On Film' photo contest organized by Jamison Harvey of Flea Market Funk and Eilon Paz of the acclaimed vinyl documentary photo site Dust & Grooves.

This picture represent Hephaestus wich, in Greek mythology, is the god of fire, forges and volcanoes but also an divine inventor and a creator of magic items. Film photography realised at home, in 2008, with Long Exposure & Superposition techniques.

Many thanks to them and to the judges for this great opportunity to show part of my work !

This pictures has been used in September 2009 to illustrate the 'Press It' compilation about HipHop never released on Vinyl. If not done yet, have a listen here !

Y12W13 .ORCHESTRE LÉARDÉE DU CÉLÈBRE BAL COLONIAL DE LA RUE BLOMET - EDAMYSO

.ORCHESTRE LÉARDÉE DU CÉLÈBRE BAL COLONIAL DE LA RUE BLOMET - EDAMISO.

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The most of you probably already know and remember this great song from Lola Martin compiled by Hugo Mendez (Sofrito-UK) in the great compilation 'Tumbélé' released on SoundWay Records.
Here is the 1st version composed and played by Ernest Léardée and his orchestra in November 1930 in Paris, and released the same year on Salabert record.

Deep, sensitive and touching document from the very beginning of the French Caribbean music in Paris, this fantastic part of the patrimony has been compiled by the over interesting label 'Frémeaux & Associés' on a double cd only.

Check 'Edamiso'

extract from 'Biguine, Valse et Mazurka Creoles (1930-1943) Vol 2'

ERNEST LÉARDÉE (1896-1988)

From the little people of Fort-de-France, Ernest Léardée lost his mother at age of 6 and his father at 9 years old. He was raised by his sister Yaya and start practicing very early all kinds of small jobs. A carpenter, Marius Collat​​, introduced him to music and taught him the violin. The boy is not long to accompany him in the ball of Martinique. Léardée became an apprentice hairdresser while continuing to play the violin in the orchestra of Leon Apanon. He soon earns enough money to start on his own.

In 1919, Stellio comes from Guyana and hired him to play with him at the Gaumont Cinema in Fort-de-France. In April 1929, is the departure for Paris. But Léardée soon left Stellio to form his own orchestra Bal Blomet. He records his first records in 1930 on Salabert. He then abandoned the violin to start playing clarinet and tenor saxophone. He opens successively several cabarets in Paris (l’Élan Noir, le Mirage…).

In February 1938 he went on tour in Germany, Austria and Hungary. In May 1940 he is in Lille when the Germans invaded France. He retired in the Yonne department during the four years of Occupation. From the Liberation Ernest Léardée restarts his musical activity as a conductor in numerous Parisian cabarets, dance halls of the Marne, Province's balls, beach resorts in the summer...

In the '50s and '60s, he participates in the new vogue for Cuban and Latin American rhythms: Cha cha cha, Mambo, Baïon, Samba, Guaracha, Rampa ... which he recorded several records. He retired in 1970 at Fontenay-sous-Bois, where he died in April 1988. Ernest Léardée also led a casino in Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, he founded a music publishing, he is the interpreter of a television commercial for a brand of rice, and left to SACEM more than three hundred compositions.

Don't forget to check out Frémeaux's official website by clicking on the above logo and to support contemporary music by buying records !

054° .SALSITA CON SWING. selected and mixed by PHILIPPE NOEL

 
.SALSITA CON SWING.

a Latin selection mixed by PHILIPPE NOËL

Insatiable globetrotter, dj, digger and owner of the great blog Canicule Tropicale,
Philippe Noël kindly sent me from his hometown Montreal a impeccable mix of Latin records he
collected while several trips around the planet.



Here are an hour that will delight Salseros as much as music lovers.


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orquesta carnaval swing - descarga colombiana
ray barretto - swing la moderna
sexteto miramar - serrana
los bravo - se fundio el bombillo
los yogas - coco may may
rafa y su combo - san jose
ray perez - descarga en la septima
ray barretto - ska cha
la pesada - cumbia y tambo
los univox - cumbia del pescador
fredy y sus afros - magdalena
los platinos - aquarius
ray perez - adios
sexteto miramar - a las seis
ray perez - el pescador
conjunto miramar - tuyo soy
rafa y su combo - vete
sexteto miramar - miramar descargando
los latinos - humo dorado

Please don't forget to have a look and a listen to Philippe's great blog HERE ! !!

Y12W12 .GUIZADO - AREIAS.

.GUIZADO - AREIAS.

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Last Wednesday, at Matilha Cultural, probably the best alternative place in Sao Paulo, I discovered  the music of the trumpeter Guilherme Mendonça aka Guizado. Playing his trumpet over homemade beats controlled by some machines, the vibe was very deep and raw, reminding me the Abstract HipHop scene in early 2000 or even the mood of some dj Krush productions.

I found more from him as soon as I went back home and get his two albums 'Calavera' (2010) and Punx' (2008). I spent the whole next day listening to this very urban mix of jazz, brazilian rhythms and electronic arragements.

 Check 'Areias'

 extract from 'Punx' Cd.

and 'Vendaval'

extract from 'Calavera' Cd


Of course this is only a very small part from his work and I really strongly recommend you to have a full listen of his albums to get a better and deeper idea of his work.
'Calavera' is available for free here.

053° .TRACKS OF THE WEEKS°07.

.TRACKS OF THE WEEKS.vol°07.

.2011.week°04 to°17

pic: Sao Paulo 2012 ©LesMainsNoires - Frédéric Thiphagne

Here are 12 tracks extract from some of the best early 2011 Issues & ReIssues.
All of them as been posted on this blog from week 04 to week 17 of 2011.
Keep on following the Tracks Of The Weeks topic here.

 
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.CHRIS POWELL and his Five Blue Flames  -  I Come From Jamaica.  Jazzman Records
.THE SKATALITES  -  Tribute To Nehru.  Dub Store Records
.WILLIE WRIGHT  -  Right On For The Darkness.  Numero Group
.STAFF BENDA BILILI  -  Moziki.  Crammed Disc
.RAPHAEL  -  Dead Sea Scrolls.  Heavenly Sweetness
.K.FRIMPONG and his Cubano Fiestas  -  HweHwe Mu Na Yi Wo Mpe.  Secret Stash
.CYRIL DIAZ and his Orchestra  -  Voodoo.  SoundWay Records
.C.W. STONEKING  -  The Love Me or Die.  King Hokum
.DOLLY LYON  -  Palm Of Your Hand.  Jazzman Records
.THE LATIN JAZZ QUINTET  -  Rip A Dip.  NewJazz
.T.K. RAMAMOORTHY  -  Udaya Ravi Chandrika.  EM Records
.L'ORCHESTRE KANAGA DE MOPTI  -  N'do N'do.  Kindred Spirit

Y12W11 .Dj TUDO & GENTE DE TODO LUGAR - AFRO JAM.

.Dj TUDO & GENTE DE TODO LUGAR - AFRO JAM.

Y12W11

I have already posted a song from this Lp few month before. But since this, I have updated informations about him and his work.

And, as I just rediscovered this song, I cannot resist to post it for you to have a LOUD listen !

So check 'Afro Jam', an Afro-Beat Brasileiro !

extract from 'Nos Quintais Do Mundo' Lp

Alfredo Bello (officially Luiz Alfredo Coutinho Souto) aka DJ Tudo is one of the pillars of the new musical scene in Brazil.

Musician, producer, DJ and ethnomusicologist,

he worked for over twenty years in many art projects, which allowed him to rub some of the best musicians.

                                                                                         ©LesMainsNoires/Frédéric Thiphagne
 

Tenacious researcher of the expressions of Brazilian popular tradition, he travels into Brazil in search of new sounds, exploring the originality of the rituals and traditional ceremonies.

Recordings live traditionnal live bands, he already have 1400 hours of archive.

This vast material led him to the creation of the label Mundo Melhor,

wich has already 22 albums in his catalog.

 "Brazilian music is one of the most varied and rich cultural universes and sound of the earth" says Alfredo.

In 'Nos Quintais Do Mundo',  recorded between 2002 and 2010 in Brazil, Europe and Africa, the members of the band interpret perfectly the diversity and musicals variations of Brazil.

Don't forget to have a look to 'Mundo Melhor' website 

 

And check the 'Tracks Of The Weeks' section to listen more about him !

°UPDATE° .A DAY WITH DJ FORMAT & HUW BOWLES.

.003°A DAY IN LONDON WITH DJ FORMAT & HUW BOWLES. 

Originally posted in early 2009,
this report is now Updated with an exclusive interview of Matt Ford aka Dj Format and photo gallery viewable in High Definition with LightBox.
Have a look to it and a listen to Dj Format's mixtape 'European Vacation' here.

.WAX ON FILM - A VINYL PHOTO CONTEST.

The acclaimed blog 'Dust&Groove' runned by Eilon Paz, has been asked to be part of the organistion of a photo contest around vinyl ! A great opportunity to show up some pictures. So have a look HERE, enjoy, 'like' and go to your camera then !

Wax On Film: A Vinyl Photo Contest

is an opportunity for vinyl collectors of all walks of life to showcase their true love for vinyl. It's put together by Jamison Harvey of Flea Market Funk and Eilon Paz, of the acclaimed vinyl documentary photo site Dust & Grooves. More infos here.

052° MUSICAL POSTCARD FOR SOFRITO.

.MUSICAL POSTCARD FOR SOFRITO.
 
First chapter of a travel diary that promises to be rich and diverse,

here are some of the best discoveries from researches around North & North East Brasilian music.

Traditionnal rhythms Carimbó, Forro and Siria compose this selection especially elaborated for
the UK's leading Afro, Caribbean and Latin music party collectives, SOFRITO.


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01°  CAMARAO  /  Retrato de um Forro
02°  CONJUNTO ELY FARIAS  /  Corrupaco
03°  GRUPO CARIMBO  /  Minha paixao
04°  MESTRE CUPIJO  /  Ventinho do norte
05° BANDINHA DO CAMARAO  /  Xeêm
06°  ORLANDO PEREIRA  /  Carimbo para Yemanja
07°  CAMARAO  /  E proibido cochilar
08°  GRUPO DA PESADA  /  Voa andorinha
09°  JOSÉ SILVA E SUAS BAIANAS  -  Cai sereno
10°  ORLANDO PEREIRA  /  Maruda
11°  NAMORADOS DO CARIMBO  /  Pretinho dengoso
12°  CARIMBO DE ALGODOAL  /  Ê...do lado de lá
13°  CONJUNTO O IRAPURU  /  Maria vamos a praia juntar ajuru
14°  NAMORADOS DO CARIMBO  /  Bacurau
15°  VEREQUETE E SEU CONJUNTO UIRAPURU  /  Xote paraense
16°  SILUCA  /  Xendengo
17°  ORLANDO PEREIRA  /  Carimambo
18°  JANJAO  /  Meu barquinho

I'd like to thank especially Alfredo Bello wich has been a strong reference while those researches.

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.BRIEF HISTORY OF CARIMBÓ.

More than a musical style of Pará, the Carimbó is one of the most representative manifestations of the Amazonian culture. According to some researchers, the contributions of Indian and African culture in Pará formed the roots of the rhythm, which already have more than 200 years of history.

This extraordinary artistic creativity of the people of Pará was created by the Tupinambá indians who, according to historians, were gifted of an unusual artistic sense, leading them to be regarded, in the tribes, as true demigod.
Initially, according to all appearances, the dance Carimbó was presented in a monotonous way, like the great majority of Indian dances. When the African slaves made contact with this artistic manifestation of Tupinambá, they started to improve it, transforming this monotony to vibrations close from African batuque.

The Carimbó was and is still played nowadays with the drum lying on the floor and the musician sitting on it for hands drumming. In 1767, the jesuit Frei João Daniel wrote about the rhythm sung and danced by the Indians Tupinambás, from a drum made of hollow wood covered with animal skin: the curimbó, which led to the current name of the music and dance.

Check out this video and sound recording of traditionnal Carimbó,
 shooted by Alfredo Bello, founder of the label Mundo Melhor.
.Mestre Montano na Ilha de Maiaundeuã em Maracanã.

©SeloMundoMelhor

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.MESTRE VEREQUETE.

Augusto Gomes Rodrigues, better known as Verequete is a singer and composer of Carimbó. His story is much like the story of many men from the interior of Pará who left everything behind them, leaving their places of origin to try to achieve improvements of life in the state capital. The difference with Verequete is that in his "diaspora", he brought with him various elements of his original culture and reworked into a new context, an urban context, building a cultural identity which comes from a long time ago. 

Verequete's carimbó, named in honor of Toya Verequete, well-known figure in the terraces of the black mine in the suburbs of Belém, has the mark of authenticity, using traditionnal instruments and respect the black roots of carimbó.

When the rhythm of Pará began to awake interest in the mass media, record companies from the south of the country launched eight LP's about Verequete's authentic carimbó.

Verequete was an early popularizer of carimbó in the suburbs of Belém with his band O Uirapuru.

In 2000, Luiz Arnaldo Campos and Rogério Parreira realised "Chama Verequete",

a 18min documentary about Verequete. Don't miss a chance to watch it !

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.CAMARAO.

Born on the 23th of June 1940, in Brejo da Madre de Deus, Pernambuco, the accordionist Reginaldo Ferreira Alves became known as Camarão after the singer Jacinto Silva mentionned his red cheeks during a radio show. Master of the instrument, he counts a more than 50 years career dedicated to Xote, Xaxado, Forró and Baião.

He has learned from his father, the accordionist Antonio Neto, who always took him to parties where he played. In his work on Rádio Difusora de Caruaru, Camarão could have contact with the great names of national music, as Sivuca and Hermeto Pascoal. Later, he improve his technique with one of the greatest Northeastern music icons, Luiz Gonzaga, with whom he recorded the song Garoto do Grotão in 1978. The king of the ballad has also been the producer of the first two albums of Banda do Camarão, the first forró's band of Brazil.

Camarão is 'Living Patrimony of Pernambuco', a title granted by the Government of Pernambuco since 2002.

I strongly invite you to have a look to the documentary 'O Milagre de Santa Luzia, uma viagem pelo Brasil que toca sanfona' realized in 2009 by Sergio Roizenblit, and who feature Camarão. Check the trailer: