Word: calypsos
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...what is his music? It must be folk-oriented at least for he sings blues, ballads, Woodie Guthrie songs, flamenco and calypso. But Cahn really doesn't sing folk songs, and he doesn't really sing blues. In the true jazz sense, Cahn's music has become an extension of his own personality and his own unique approach to life, he must be classed as more of a jazz musician than a folk musician. Cahn sings everything with a German-Jewish accent which alienates many purists. But those who judge him in comparison with Eric Von Schmidt, Jack Elliott...
Outside San Juan are hotels for people less likely to panic when out of earshot of a calypso singer or a steel band. El Conquistador, now in its first season, perches atop a cliff on the northeastern tip of the island, uses an aerial tramway to ferry guests to and from the white-sand beach below. Villa Parguera, on the southwest shore, specializes in deep-sea fishing; El Barranquitas in the mountainous interior has a spectacular view and an excellent cuisine. Puerto Rico's finest hotel is the Dorado Beach, 20 miles west of San Juan, built by Laurance...
...coast of Venezuela, the brand-new, air-conditioned Trinidad Hilton, completed last summer, can count on traveling businessmen and conventions as well as tourists to keep its 261 rooms filled (rates: $20 to $37). Trinidad might be considered the Salzburg of the Caribbean-being the birthplace of calypso and the ubiquitous steel band. Its other claim to fame: the factory from which Angostura bitters sprays upon the civilized world...
Every weekend from now until February 26 there will be Calypso contests in Trinidad. The manufacturers of bicarbonate of soda have selected this month as "Break-A-Cold" Month...
...private high school last week, Negro youngsters went on chasing cats, working in the tobacco fields, staring at comic strips (some ten-year-olds cannot read), and wishing they could go to the local moviehouse (no Negroes allowed). Apathy infected many, but others girded for eventual victory. To the calypso tune of Day-Oh, they sat on sagging porches singing: My ma is scared and my pa is too, So it's up to me and it's up to you. Freedom, freedom, freedom's coming...