BIGUINE & MERENGUE: 1956-59

$20.99
Label
Frémeaux
Release Date
January 1, 2014
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      B. Coppet, H. Coppet
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 01, 2014
    • UPC
      3561302540825
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FA5408
    • LABEL
      Frémeaux
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic

In 1955 France discovered the merengue, a new dance that was all the rage in America. Singer Gerard La Viny, who ran the famous West Indian cabaret ‘La Canne A Sucre’ in Paris, brought the dance back from Saint-Domingue… and two brothers from Martinique, Barel & Honore Coppet, adapted its rhythm into a Creole style to make it one of the most popular dances of the French Caribbean. Jean-Pierre MEUNIER