AFRO-CARIB-LATIN JAZZ -MERINGUE LP -EDNER GUIGNARD LES BELLES MERINGUES D’HAITI

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EDNER GUIGNARD AND HIS EL RANCHO ORC...THIS I JUST RECENTLY ACQUIRED IN THE DOM REP. WHO’S COMPLICATED PAST &TUMULTUOUS PRESENT RELATIONSHIP (ESPECIALLY ON THE BORDER) WITH HAITI...(HISSSSSPANIOLA!) HOWEVER THERE VAST OPINIONS AND DIFFERENCES CULTURALLY WERE CORDIALLY INTEGRATED AND MUSIC AND DANCE SUPPORTED THAT DELICATE “BRIDGE” THUS RARE MIX ENABLING THIS EXTREMELY ISOLATED BUT HARMONIOUS COMBO !THE CHA CHA CHA RIVALS MORALES PUENTE AND OTHER PIONEERS OF THIS UNIQUE GENRE AND OTHER JAZZY LATINOS —— GUIGNARD’S MERINGUES AND HIS BRAVERY TO STRAY AND OFFER A VARIETY WITH TEMPO SWINGS THAT FEEL DIVINITY AND NOT ANY OF THESE ARTISTS COULD HAVE POSSIBLY CREATED !!

I WILL FOREVER KEEP MY RECORDING OF THIS feb 1960 release which I obviously feel is PERFECTLY UNDERRATED AND HOPEFULLY WILL STAY THAT WAY ?!!!HUMANITY HAS RELEASED A FURY (EARTHQUAKES-BABY DOC EXTREME POVERTY NEGLECT) ETC.....ETC....THAT I FEEL IS 99.9% UNDESERVED HAITII JUST MIGHT BE THE UNLUCKIEST MASS IN HISTORY? BETWEEN MY YEARS IN MIAMI -DR-AND “PORT AU PRINCE “ WHICH IS A SHELL OF ITS GLORIOUS PAST BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IF YOU REALLY GET TO KNOW A HAITIAN INSTANTLY WITH THE SIMPLEST OF GESTURES ,I.E. JUST A HINT THAT A WHITE “TOURIST??” ACTUALLY EXPRESSES AND UNDERSTANDS HOW MISUNDERSTOOD THEY ARE & THAT MYTHICAL REALITY “STRANGER in a STRANGE LAND (A CAUCASIAN THERE AND THE REVERSE IN THE U.S SO WHEN YOU BOTH EXPRESS (MUSICALLY AS DID THIS ULTRA TALENTED ORCH...)OR THE SIMPLEST OF WORDS THAT “HINGE” BOTH WITH THAT MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING THAT BREAKS DOWN THOSE MUSICAL OR VERBAL or PHYSICALLY EXPRESSED WALLS THAT ENABLE THAT SIMPLE WINK OR SMILE THAT IS STRANGELY INSTINCTUALLY BEEN THERE JUST FINALLY RELEASED ITSELF HENCE GIVING THE SIMPLEST YET SATISFACTORY EMOTIONAL JOLT THAT WE ALMOST ALL CRAVE !!!??? THE DOMINICAN SITUATIONAL STIGMA IS ALSO CRUSHED WHEN THEY STRIKE UP THE BAND ! A must hear !!! THE VINYL CLEANED UP IMMACULATELY EVEN WITH TWO OF THE SLIGHTEST HAIRLINES THAT ARE IMPERVIOUS VISUALLY AND VOCALLY

BOTH SIDES PLAY MINT++ !!! AbsolutelY ZERO BACKGROUND !! LUCKILY FOR ANY READER ITS FINALLY THE END OF THE INFLICTION OF MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES & OPINIONS WHERE DIFFERENCES IN DAILY LIFE ARE PREVALENT BUT SOMEHOW THEY CANNOT CREATE THE SLIGHTEST RIFT MUSICALLY AND HOPEFULLY SOON LIFE WILL “IMITATE ART” as HARMONIOUSLY AS IT DID 58 YEARS AGO !!! WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET I NEVER USE A STOCK OR COPIED PIC ...ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE ANYTIME .....NO DESIRE TO WIN THAT PULITZER FROM A TORTUOUS TANGENT!!!