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Over The Rainbow
$40.00 Select optionsThis beautiful melody by Harold Arlen will be familiar to many in your audience, and thus a crowd-pleaser.
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Trinidad
$25.00 Select optionsTrinidad is a slow tempo, easy groove that will introduce the typical rhythmic feel of “old-time” Calypso, a variation using the “two drop” Calypso feel and straight ahead Soca.
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Soufriere
$35.00 Select optionsNamed for the village home of a beautiful active sulfur spring and volcano in St. Lucia, Soufrière (pronounced soo- free-ay) is a haunting tune that combines a Folk aesthetic with Jazz harmonies and the Zouk rhythm of Guadeloupe.
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Not a Care
$35.00 Select optionsThe melody is nice, easy and carefree.
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Carpe Diem
$35.00 Select optionsThis is a fun, high-energy calypso that will have the audience up on their
feet! I composed “Carpe Diem” during the time I had the Sons Of Steel
steel band. It was written with performance in mind with lots of room for
cool choreography, which the “Sons” were known for during our live
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Miss Tourist
$35.00 Select optionsAnother Kitchner classic! Miss tourist is a moderate tempo calypso with a great Kitchner melody line that the tenors trade with the seconds and the cellos. Perfect for beginner to intermediate bands.
Ranges:
Tenor: C4 – A5
Double Tenor: G3 – G5
Double Seconds: G3 – Bb4
Guitars: C3 – F4
Six Bass: Bb1 – D3Skill Level: Intermediate
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Jean and Dinah
$35.00 Select optionsOriginally written as a jingle for a department store, Mighty Sparrow’s Jean and Dinah is a nice, easy laid back calypso perfect for beginning to intermediate bands.
Ranges:
Tenor: C4 – A5
Double Tenor: C4 – F5
Double Seconds: Bb3 – C5
Guitars: C3 – C4
Six Bass: Bb1 – Db3Skill Level: Beginner
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Hula Hoop
$30.00 Select optionsHula Hoop is a super fun samba reggae is an interlocking rhythm section tune that will eventually grab the audience and make them want to get up and dance.
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Six Duets
$75.00 Select optionsHere are six duets for Tenor and Double Seconds by Malika Coletta. There is one beginner level piece and five that range from easy intermediate to intermediate. The styles include two Calypsos, Bossa Nova, Pop, classical and a lullaby. Add them to any program for a great contrast. Sold in a package or individually. Please see individual pieces for audio samples.
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Peanut Vendor
$25.00 Select optionsThe Cuban classic Peanut Vendor is one of the most popular of hundreds of songs based on a street seller’s cry. This Reggae arrangement is no exception in the song’s history of stylistic interpretations.