• 1. Creole Licks – Tom Charles and Orchestra
      • 2. Pepe – Fitz Vaughan Bryan Orchestra
      • 3. 3 in 1 Saga – Tom Charles and Orchestra
      • 4. Rip Van Winkle – Clarence Curvan Orchestra
      • 5. The Continental – Vin Cardinal Combo
      • 6. Pa Deupe de Moin – Johnny Gomez
      • 7. 610 Saga – Clarence Curvan Orchestra
      • 8. Portrait of My Love – Clarence Curvan Orchestra
      • 9. Delicado – Clarence Curvan Orchestra
      • 10. Clair de Lune – Clarence Curvan Orchestra
      • 11. Mattinata – Clarence Curvan Orchestra
      • 12. Royal Jail – Clarence Curvan Orchestra

      Nestled in the Port of Spain, the Tom Charles, Fitz Vaughn Bryan, Johnny Gomez and Clarence Curvan Orchestras as well as the Vin Cardinal Combo provide alternatively upbeat and sultry grooves for dancing. These Trinidadian ensembles are experts in the calypso, meringue, bolero, guaracha and mambo dance music genres.

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