Wycliffe Gordon - Intimate Ellington: Ballads & Blues AEC Music The first mention of calypso

The first mention of calypso comes from a dance described by Abbe Masse in 1882

Whenever you want to be closer to your demons

to see his estranged ailing father

a man "cured" of believing he's God

Wycliffe Gordon - Intimate Ellington: Ballads & Blues AEC Music The first mention of calypsoOn his eighth Criss Cross leader date, Wycliffe Gordon (awarded 2012 Trombonist of the Year by both the DownBeat Critics Poll and the Jazz Journalists' Asssociation) distills his exhaustive knowledge of the oeuvre of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn on a wellcrafted, ten piece program spanning a timeline from 1927 (Creole Love Call) to 1967 (The Intimacy of the Blues).