CALYPSO: A WORLD MUSIC

Album cover: Wilmoth Houdini and His Royal Calypso Orchestra. Harlem Seen Through Calypso Eyes. Decca, ca. 1940.

Houdini was known as the “Calypso King of New York,” where he was a leading performer from the late 1920s through the late 1940s. In addition to recording and appearing in nightclubs, Houdini organized dances for Caribbean immigrants in Harlem.

Courtesy of Ray Funk.

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