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This book is one of a kind, a bold and imaginative text that promotes new ways of thinking about music as a social activity. The narrative and analytic sections are beautifully written in clear, concise prose. The oral testimonies that permeate the book are filled with memorable phrases and remarkable insights. The quality of the photographs and the original and generative readings that accompany them will make Roy Cape a cherished possession for many readers. -- George Lipsitz, coauthor of The Fierce Urgency of Now: Improvisation, Rights, and the Ethics of Cocreation Roy Cape is a true delight. It is an engagingly written portrayal of the interplay of Roy Cape's musicianship and life, demonstrating how his social relations on the bandstand are inextricably connected to the way he lives in the world. I like the way that the book moves from the conventions of biography to a lively exchange between Cape and Jocelyne Guilbault, and then becomes increasingly adventurous, only to slow down again before the poignant afterword. -- Ronald Radano, author of Lying Up a Nation: Race and Black Music The book is rich in the details of Cape's life and his times...Recommended. -- T. E. Miller Choice This is a superb book on a much-neglected area of world music: the pivotal role played by the bandleader, who for too long has remained in the shadows. -- Charles de Ledesma Songlines

Roy Cape is a true delight. It is an engagingly written portrayal of the interplay of Roy Cape's musicianship and life, demonstrating how his social relations on the bandstand are inextricably connected to the way he lives in the world. I like the way that the book moves from the conventions of biography to a lively exchange between Cape and Jocelyne Guilbault, and then becomes increasingly adventurous, only to slow down again before the poignant afterword. --Ronald Radano, author of Lying Up a Nation: Race and Black Music

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Jocelyne Guilbault is Professor of Music at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Governing Sound: The Cultural Politics of Trinidad's Carnival Musics and Zouk: World Music in the West Indies. Roy Cape (born in Trinidad in 1942) is an internationally renowned calypso and soca musician and bandleader. He has toured widely, played on hundreds of recordings, and released eight albums with his band Roy Cape All Stars.

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