Lucho Y Su Orquesta Bermudez The Coastal Invasion: Cumbia, Porro, Gaita & Mapalé from Colombia’s Caribbean Coast (1946-1961) Double Sided 12x12 Art Insert supported by Charles Bissell (The

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Lucho Y Su Orquesta Bermudez The Coastal Invasion: Cumbia, Porro, Gaita & Mapalé from Colombia’s Caribbean Coast (1946-1961) Double Sided 12x12 Art Insert supported by Charles Bissell (The'The Coastal Invasion highlights the golden age of big band cumbia and the maestro who is often seen as Colombias most influential composer, Lucho Bermudez. Bermudez was a key figure who modernised the tropical music of Colombia's Caribbean coast. At the beginning of the 20th century, this music was largely looked down on. Bermudez changed all that by injecting a modern, jazzy big band sound to the Afro Colombian sounds from his native region. The