Traditional quadrilles from Guadeloupe and Haiti. European country dances were taken to the plantations of the Carribbean and North America. Slaves were encouraged to dance the Quadrille rather than their own funkier dances but they made the music their own. These are the roots of Merengue and Danza.
credits
from Moonlight Gazette,
released April 7, 2017
Trad Guadeloupe/ Haiti. Arr Hornby/Haigh 2017.
Recorded by Pat Simmons at SimmonSound, Lancaster, UK.
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