Calypso

Calypso music is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad and Tobago, in the West Indies, which incorporates musical traditions from Africa and Europe. Calypso is heavily indebted to Kaiso music of West Africa, a genre mixing upbeat rhythms with simple melodies. The Spanish, French, and English colonists who passed through Trinidad brought dozens of European folk music traditions with them, and these musical influences made their way into the sounds of calypso. Traditional calypso instruments include trumpet, trombone, flute, saxophone, bass guitar, conga, bongos, steelpan, violin and miscellaneous percussion.