Who plays on this recording?
Gregory Felix plays clarinet and Patrick McDonald-Macbeth plays cuatro. The trumpet, fiddle and bass players remain unnamed in this source. Its approximate month should not be converted into an exact recording day.
| Detail | Source information |
|---|---|
| Recording date | Approximately January 1946 |
| Location | New York City, New York, U.S.A. |
| vocal | Lord Invader |
| clarinet | Gregory Felix |
| cuatro | Patrick McDonald-Macbeth |
| Players not identified | trumpet, fiddle, bass |
| Matrix | D2136 |
| Earlier catalog references | Disc5009 album614; Arco1228; Folkways RBF13 |
Find the documented performance
The booklet supplies matrix D2136 and references Disc, Arco and Folkways issues. Those catalog references are useful for tracing this performance through earlier releases; the 2000 compilation date describes its later presentation.
| Detail | Source information |
|---|---|
| Album | Calypso in New York |
| Edition year | 2000 |
| Catalog number | SFW40454 |
| Track position | 5 |
| Label track title | New York Subway |
Sources: Smithsonian Folkways — Calypso in New York booklet · Smithsonian Folkways — Calypso in New York tracklist