CALYPSO: A WORLD MUSIC

photo of The Young Brigade

Photograph: Gerald Clark and Caribbean Serenaders.

From left: Macbeth the Great, Felix Pacheco, Gregory Felix, Rogelio Garcia, Sir Lancelot, unidentified musician and Gerald Clark.

New York, 1940s.

Gerald Clark migrated from Trinidad to New York in 1927. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was a leader of recording sessions and performances of calypso music in the United States.

Courtesy of Lancelot Pinard and Ray Funk.

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