Abstract
Jump Up!: Caribbean Carnival Music in New York, by Ray Allen
Highlights
New West Indian Guide via free access book reviews ans (Sparrow, Kitchener, Shadow, Calypso Rose) and subsequently with prominent artists from other islands
While aiming to unite New York’s Caribbean diasporas under a single banner, Allen reports that the construction of a panCaribbean Carnival posed challenges to the Trinidadian-inspired celebration, and presented opportunities to showcase “diverse island music traditions as part of the Labor Day stage shows” (p. 102)
Jump Up!: Caribbean Carnival Music in New York is a mustread for all researchers, students, musicians, aspiring promoters, and afficionados of Caribbean musical cultures in general, and of Carnival music, steelband, and masquerade in particular
Summary
New West Indian Guide via free access book reviews ans (Sparrow, Kitchener, Shadow, Calypso Rose) and subsequently with prominent artists from other islands. Roy Allen’s historical study of Caribbean Carnival music in New York offers a unique account of vital contributions to the production and circulation of calypso and soca in Harlem and Brooklyn.
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