CRAZY CALYPSO

Op.8 1971

David Hellewell

Crazy Calypso is a Latin-American experience with a difference. ‘Crazy’? - because, among other things, the music jumps about - crazily! - into other Latin-American styles and idioms (eg. Samba, Mambo), as well the triple time of the Spanish ‘fandango’; and there’s also some Beethoven and ‘baroque-calypso’ tucked away in there.

So with all this craziness going on, how can such a fresh and simple form as calypso be transformed into a substantial, extended piece, without loosing that precious freshness of harmony and rhythm? Well, Hellewell can and does so here, and creates another example of his ‘Multi-Dimensional’ music.