Dave Pike

• 4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Three months after recording the excellent Bossa Nova Carnival, Dave Pike returned to the studio in December 1962 and recorded another fine LP that underscored his interest in world music. But instead of providing another Brazilian-oriented album, the vibist/marimba player opted to explore Caribbean rhythms and melodies. The term Caribbean music, of course, can describe many different things. It can refer to Latin forms like Cuban salsa, Dominican merengue, or Puerto Rican plena, but it can also describe the music that non-Spanish-speaking blacks have created in the Caribbean, such as calypso, soca, and mento (which was Jamaica's music of choice before ska and reggae came along).

PERSONNEL:

• Dave Pike - vibraphone, marimba
• Leo Wright - alto sax
• Leo Wright - flute
• Tommy Flanagan - piano
• Jimmy Raney - guitar
• Ahmed Abdul-Malik, George Duvivier - bass
• William Correo - drums
• Ray Baretto - congas

New York, December 12, 1962

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1 La Bamba
• A2 My Little Suede Shoes
• A3 Matilda
• A4 Mambo Bounce

• SIDE B
• B1 Limbo Rock
• B2 Calypso Blues
• B3 Cattin' Latin'
• B4 St. Thomas
• B5 Jamaica Farewell