Ens capbussem en les influències de ritmes caribenys com el calypso, el biguine i el mento en la música afroamericana. Els anys 40 del segle passat marquen el moment en què el jazz i el rhythm & blues es van veure contagiats i enriquits per aquests estils. Escoltem Louis Jordan, Gene Ammons, The Turbans, Eddie Cole i molts més.

01 Young Tiger - "Calypso be bop"

02 Louis Jordan & Tympany Five - "Run Joe"

03 Eddie Cole & the Three Peppers -"Police"

04 Josephine Premice - "Rookombey"

05 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan - "Stone cold dead in the market"

06 Floyd Dixon - "Baby please don't go "

07 Clarence Garlow - "Bon ton roulay"

08 Oscar Peterson - "Calypso blues"

09 Marigolds - "Rolling stone"

10 Russell Jacquet - "Bongo blues"

11 Monogram Caribbean Orchestra - "Calypso cha cha for spooks"

12 The Turbans - "When you dance"

13 Cyril Diaz & His Orch. - "Taboo"

14 Jeanne Demetz - "Calypso daddy "

15 Note & Toe & the Grenadiers - "I got a cold"

16 Gene Ammons - "Calypso blues"

17 Lord Kitchener - "Be bop calypso"