Title

Danish Polycalypso Orchestra and Jamesie | Denmark | Performances - Part 1

Authors

Andrea Leland

Files

Description

Jamesie traveled to Europe to tour across Denmark and perform with the Polcalypso Orchestra, whose music focuses on Danish polka and Caribbean calypso.

Publication Date

1-1-2000

Keywords

Quelbe music, scratch band music, quadrille, U.S. Virgin Islands, Crucian, James "Jamesie" Brewster, Polycalypso, Denmark, Danish polka, Caribbean calypso, Kazio Kierpaul, Hans Leonardo Pedersen, Jesper Nørløv Arnholtz, Morten Dreyer, André Sørensen, Søren Berggreen, Claus Fossing

Disciplines

Art and Design | Arts and Humanities | Cultural History | Education | Ethnomusicology | Film and Media Studies | History | Music | Music Performance | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Comments

Jamesie traveled to Denmark to tour across Denmark and perform with the Polcalypso Orchestra, whose music focuses on Danish polka and Caribbean calypso. Poycalypso members include: Kazio Kierpaul, bandleader, banjo, accordion, vocal ; Hans Leonardo Pedersen, alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, background vocals; Jesper Nørløv Arnholtz, percussion, background vocals; Morten Dreyer,tenor saxophone, flute, background vocals; André Sørensen, bass, background vocals; Søren Berggreen, guitar, background vocals; Claus Fossing, drums, background vocals. This video is part of the Andrea Leland Documentary Collection held at Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College Chicago. Running Time: 1:02:34

Recommended Citation

Leland, Andrea, "Danish Polycalypso Orchestra and Jamesie | Denmark | Performances - Part 1" (2000). Jamesie: King of Scratch. 63.
https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/jamesie/63