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Kaiso - Carribean band Superb live music for weddings, private parties and corporate entertainment  
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Caribbean style band performing great music from the likes of Bob Marley, Aswad and Boney M. Available as a 5 piece with male vocals or with additional female vocals. London based.
 
Price Guide: £1250 +  
 
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Wedding music, corporate entertainment, wedding band, Caribbean music, calypso events, world music events plus other events.  

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'In Trinidad, they have a word for the music they play - a music that has become internationally popular over the last thirty years. The word is 'kaiso' (pronounced ky-so) which means 'calypso' or its modern variant 'soca' and needless to say it is this music that beats at the very heart of every Kaiso performance.

Kaiso is an exciting fully self-contained Caribbean show band drawn principally from Trinidad. The band play a superb range of authentic music with it's roots in the reggae, Black American and Latin styles. Consequently, a typical Kaiso set will usually include music with soca, traditional calypso, meringue and reggae origins. Their play list features authentic Caribbean music and, whilst not everyone will recognise some of the songs, their performance is laced with familiar covers ensuring you and your guests can dance 'til they drop. The core line-up consists of drums, bass and lead guitar, steel pans and vocals with several of the musicians doubling up on other instruments or singing. This can be complemented with additional horn section, percussion, keyboard and vocals.

Regardless of the band size, Kaiso are fully professional session musicians who, individually write, play and produce for a whole host of named artists. They have played at society weddings, college balls, advertising agency launches, festivals, and can surely only be one of few to have played at private parties for both Mick Jagger and Paul Mc Cartney! It's little wonder that Kasio have established themselves as one of the leading bands in their genres both in the UK and at 'home'.

A typical performance lasts for up to 2 hours.

Line up & Options:
Drums, bass, keyboards, guitar, male vocals
Optional female vocalist
 
     
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"Thanks for your wonderful performance at our anniversary function last Saturday, which played a very large part in ensuring that the event was as successful as it was."
Price Bailey Chartered Accountants"

"I am writing it thank you for Kaiso’s brilliant performance last Friday. The music was really lovely, and it was good to see the crowd responding to it."
Spitting Image Productions Ltd
 
 
Selected Repertoire  
Calypso/Soca:

Hot hot hot - Arrow
Rock it - Merchant
Who let the dogs out? - Anslem Douglas
Sugar bum bum - Kitchener
Mister Walker - Sparrow
Soul limbo (Test cricket theme) - Booker T & The MG’s
I don’t mind - Winston Soso
Somebody - Baron
Bahia girl - David Rudder
Dollar whine - Colin Lucas
This party is it - Tambu
Lauren - Explainer
Ethel - Superblue
Brown girl in the ring - Boney M

Reggae/ Reggae-Pop:

Stir it up - Bob Marley
No woman no cry - Bob Marley
Three little birds - Bob Marley
Waiting in vain - Bob Marley
Lively up yourself - Bob Marley
Jammin’ - Bob Marley
Shine - Aswad
Night nurse - Gregory Isaacs
The tide is high - Blondie
Red, red, wine - UB40
Kingston town - UB40
Sweat (a la la la la long) - Inner Circle
Now that we found love - Third World
Knockin’ on heaven’s door - Bob Dylan/Eric Clapton

Ska:

Rivers of Babylon - Boney M
Monkey man -Toots and the Maytals
Israelites - Desmond Dekker
The harder they come - Jimmy Cliff
Montego bay - Toots and the Maytals

Soul:

Lovely day - Bill Withers
All night long - Lionel Richie
Don’t you worry ‘bout a thing - Stevie Wonder

 
 
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