Its music incorporates a variety of styles and influences, in particular a mix of disco and Latin American, Caribbean, and Calloway styles conceptually inspired by the big band era.
The Coconuts are a trio of female backing vocalists/dancers, founded and originally choreographed and costumed by Adriana Kaegi.
Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places is a concept album in the form of a musical travelogue. Describing the album's concept to The New York Times, band leader August Darnell said:
One way of looking at the journey Kid Creole undertakes on the record is as a justification of the many strains that coexist in our music. The journey is autobiographical in that it explains how the music came to be the music that it is. Kid Creole and his crew visit various islands and are influenced by the music and culture of each one. ...You don't just leave your influences behind when you move on in life; you take them with you.
An "album" in the best sense of the word, this is enlightened "mulatto music" for the masses. Standout tracks include "Schweinerei," and "In the Jungle," and of course "Me No Pop I," whose twelve inch mix is included in this remaster. But do yourself a favor and enjoy this album as the complete work of art it was intended to be.
Much of the album involves not just fanciful plays on words, but fun with language (and languages) itself, a truly African Diaspora oriented notion. Another wonderful aspect of this music is its explicitly self-aware historicism and playful incorporation of a 1930's and 1940's big band jazz (New York style as well as Island style) aesthetic.
Many of the themes explored here were already in evidence with Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, but they are taken to a new level in this work. Much of the credit for that goes to the musicians, particularly the legendary Winston Grennon, whose drumming is outstanding. Above all, August Darnell deserves beaucoup credit for assembling such top-notch talent.
Side one
1. Going Places - 3:16
2. In The Jungle - 3:09
3. Animal Crackers - 3:34
4. I Stand Accused - 3:06
5. Latin Music - 2:57
6. Musica Americana - 2:52
Side two
1. I Am - 3:46
2. Schweinerei - 4:19
3. Gina, Gina - 3:56
4. With A Girl Like Mimi - 3:28
5. Table Manners - 4:00
6. Dear Addy - 3:58
- The Cast
- Kid Creole, Coati Mundi, Peter Schott, Mark Mazur, Carol Coleman, Andrew Lloyd, Winston Grennon, Yogi Horton, Lori Eastside, Adriana Kaegi, Cheryl Poirier, Don Arnone, Theodore "Dutch" Robinson, Beverly Britton Brown, Don Hamilton, Angelica de la Luna, Erroll Cornin, Rubens Bassini, Sam Turner, Steve Kroon, David Charles, Conjunto Libre (Andy Gonzalez, Dan Reagan, Jerry Gonzalez, Manny Oquendo), Freddie Harris, The Charles Lagond's Horns, The Jill Jeffe's Strings, Dominic Cortese, Sal Gallina
Technical credits
- August Darnell – producer, concept (based on a story), arrangements
- Sugar-Coated Andy Hernandez – co-producer, orchestrations, arrangements
- Michael Zilkha – executive-producer
- Michael Frondelli – chief engineer
- Tony Wright – cover, art direction
- Al Smith, Randy Hoffman, Tommy Mottola – management
Notes
Release: 1981
Format: LP
Genre: Latin Disco
Label: ZE Records
Catalog# 203 805-320
Vinyl: VG
Cover: VG
Prijs: €10,00
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