Caldera’s Mambo

 

From the archives of Caldera Caraballo

Always with a vision of something better and higher from an early age, he was part of the formation of City Syncopators in Trinidad as he and the younger faction of Casablanca broke away from their parent organization. His résumé is punctuated with many “firsts,” several of which that have not ever been repeated since he accomplished them, sadly. The writing and performance of his tune “Caldera’s Mambo” in 1955 was—at the time—the only calypso performed that was composed by a steelband person - and incidentally also how he came by his name. A few years later he would be part of a weekly show at Carnegie Hall where he performed with Rudolph (Rudy) King. And as a soloist he toured with Harry Belafonte.
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