Miss Calypso

by Maya Angelou

Overview

This reissue was probably motivated by the exotica-space age pop revival. The cover, after all, features Angelou draped in a slip of a red dress, gyrating next to a fire in the middle of a (almost definitely fake) jungle. It's really not that strange or cheesy, though. It's more or less straight-ahead pop-calypso, sung with respectable gutsiness by Angelou, who wrote almost half of the material. Somewhat in the mold of the popular calypso recordings from the same era by Harry Belafonte, it features sparse backing from guitarist Tommy Tedesco (one of the most frequently employed L.A. session musicians of the '50s and '60s) and Al Bello (on congos, bongos, and drums). ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	03/31/2023
UPC:	8435307615244
Rank:	119847

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Maya Angelou   Primary Artist,Vocals
Tommy Tedesco   Guitar
Al Bello   Drums,Bongos,Congas

Technical Credits

Don George   Composer
Walter Merrick   Composer
Louis Jordan   Composer
Nat King Cole   Composer
Maya Angelou   Composer
Milton Larkin Sr.   Composer
Ashley Warren   Reissue Coordinator,Reissue Coordination
Walter Kerr   Producer
Alan Douches   Digital Remastering
Wilmoth Houdini   Composer
Chuck Foster   Annotation,Liner Notes
John Kraus   Engineer
Lord Melody   Composer
Nathaniel Cole   Composer
Milton Leeds   Composer
Edward White   Composer
Milt Larkin   Composer
Pete Ciccone   Art Direction
Joe Willoughby   Composer
Sir Lancelot   Composer
Ted Varnick   Composer