TROPICAL REVUE

Composer: Various
Lyricists: Various

Opened: September 19, 1943, Martin Beck Theatre, N.Y.C.; transferred on November 16, 1943 to the Forrest Theatre; closed December 4, 1943; return engagement opened on December 26, 1944 at the New Century Theatre and closed on January 13, 1945
Performances: 87 (original engagement); 24 (return engagement)

Batucada (added during the run?) (M: Don Alfonso) (added during the run; subsequently used in CARIBBEAN RHAPSODY, KATHERINE DUNHAM AND HER COMPANY (1950), and BAMBOCHE!):

1. Afro-Caribbean Songs And Rhythms, 78/Decca 511 (Katherine Dunham) [also 10"/Decca 5251]
2. 78/Vocalion 4906 (Don Alfonso and His Orchestra)
3. The Music Of Brazil, Columbia 8622 (Percy Faith and His Orchestra) [also 45/Columbia 4-39321; reissued on The Music Of Brazil/Shagrila, CD/Collectables Records 6898]
4. Latin Spice, RCA Victor 169 (Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra)
5. The Best Of Xavier Cugat, Mercury 6015 (Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra)
6. Hawaii & Its Lullabies, CD/ANS 13015 (Don Alfonso)
7. Blen, Blen, Blen, CD/Musica Latina 55017 (Machito and His Afro Cubans)
8. Cuban Love Song, CD/Harlequin Records 103 (Xavier Cugat and His Orchesra)
9. In Person: 1940-1942 Radio Broadcasts, CD/Harlequin Records 166 (Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra)
10. Cugat's Nugats, CD/Harlequin Records 125 (Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra)
11. Noco Gomez and His Orchestra, CD/P-Vine Records 23251 (Nico Gomez and His Orchestra)


Barrel House [Boogie] (Florida Swamp Shimmy) (M: Meade Lux Lewis; Albert Ammons) (subsequently used in KATHERINE DUNHAM AND HER COMPANY):

1. 78/Victor 27504 (Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons, two piano boogie woogie with drums) [also 78/Gramophone B 9251; reissued on The Chronological Pete Johnson 1939-1941, CD/Classics 665]
2. 78/Decca F 41009 (Harry Roy and His Orchestra) [also 78/London 116; reissued on V.E. Day: The Dancebands, CD/Empress Music 844]
3. Shufflin' The Boogie, CD/Jazz Colours 8747482 (Bob Hall)
4. At The Window, CD/Lake 23 (Bob Hal)


Callate ("Sh-be Quiet") (M: Candido Vicenty) (added for the subsequent tour; subsequently used in CONCERT VARIETIES and BAL NEGRE):

1. Afro-Carribbean Songs And Rhythms, 78/Decca album 511 (Katherine Dunham with Candido Vicenty, guitar) [also 10"/Decca 5251]


Honky-Tonk Train (M: Meade Lux Lewis):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this jazz standard.


Mexican Rumba (from the "Rumba Symphony") (M: Harl MacDonald) (subsequently used in CONCERT VARIETIES):

1. Philadelphia Rarities, CD/Cala Records 0501 (Leopold Stokowski) (as "Symphony No. 2 'Rhumba'")


Unrecorded Material:

Bahiana (M: Don Alfonso)
Brazilian Carnival Macumba (dropped during the run)
Cakewalk (included in the return engagement) (subsequently used in BAMBOCHE!)
Choro (A 19th Century Brazilian Quadrille) (M: Gogliano) (subsequently used in BAL NEGRE and KATHERINE DUNHAM AND HER COMPANY (1950) and (1955) and BAMBOCHE!)
Concert Rumba (M: Morejon) (dropped during the run)
Cuban Slave Lament (added during the run; subsequently used in BAL NEGRE)
Flaming Youth, 1927 (M: "Brad" Gowans) (included in the return engagement; subsequently used in BAL NEGRE, KATHERINE DUNHAM AND HER COMPANY (1950) and (1955) and BAMBOCHE!)
L'Ag'Ya" (M: Robert Sanders) (included in the return engagement; subsequently used in BAL NEGRE and KATHERINE DUNHAM AND HER COMPANY)
Moorish Bolero (M: Paquita Anderson) (added during the run)
Para Que Tu Ver (added during the run; subsequently used in BAL NEGRE)
Plantation Dances (from "Br'er Rebbit An' De Tah Baby")
Promenade - Havana 1910 (M: Mercedes Navarro) (added for the subsequent tour; subsequently used in BAL NEGRE)
Rara Tonga (M: Paquita Anderson)
Rites De Passage (based on Haitian theme by Paquita Anderson) (subsequently used in KATHERINE DUNHAM AND HER COMPANY)
Rumba With A Little Jive Mixed In (M: Andre)
Santos Ritual (dance)
Strutters' Ball (included in the return engagement)
Tempo-Bolero (M: Paquita Anderson) (dropped during the run)
Tempo-Son (dropped during the run)
Tropics - Shore Excursion (M: Paquita Anderson) (subsequently used in CONCERT VARIETIES)
Variations On The Theme Boogie Woogie (M: Meade Lux Lewis; Albert Ammons; Smith)