Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra discography


This is the discography of recordings by Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra, also referred to as Orchestre Saieh, including those of various bands put together by bandleader Issa El-Saieh, through combinations of musicians from the orchestra, such as The Belle Créole Group, La Belle Créole Trio, Bebo Valdés & His Rhythm, Rodolphe Legros & His Ibo Lele Group, Budd Johnson & The Le Perchoir Group, Wébert Sicot & His Cabane Choucoune Ensemble, The Cabane Choucoune Ensemble, Guy Durosier & His Rhythm or Rodolphe Legros & His Ibo Lele Group.

Discography

La Belle Créole (1947-1956)

The recordings made on the La Belle Créole music label - created by Issa El-Saieh in 1947 - were produced and supervised by El Saieh. The recordings took place in different locations such as Cabane Choucoune, Radio Commerce or Ricardo Widmaier’s Radio Haiti as well as in Miami, New-York and Havana. The double track records were on 78 rpm discs, mainly in a 10 inch format. The multiple track records were on 33 rmp discs, on 10 or 12 inch formats.
YearTitle OrchestraNotes
1947side A: Audan na mire
side B: Senti foula 		Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra• Vocals on both tracks by Joseph Trouillot
1947side A: Carelite
side B: Dans tes bras 		Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra• Dans tes bras: composed by Arsène Desgrottes, melody by Issa El-Saieh
• Vocals on both tracks by Joseph Trouillot
1948side A: Cabane Choucoune
side B: Plontonnade 		Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra• Cabane Choucoune: composed by Budd Johnson and Issa El-Saieh
• Vocals on both tracks by Joseph Trouillot
1950side A: Ti mâmâ
side B: Carolina Cao 		Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra• Vocals on both tracks by Joseph Trouillot
1950side A: Cabane Choucoune
side B: Panama’m tombé 		Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra• Cabane Choucoune: composed by Budd Johnson and Issa El-Saieh
• Panama’m tombé is a well known song in the Haitian traditional folklore repertoire, made following the death of Haitian president Florvil Hyppolite
• Vocals on both tracks by Joseph Trouillot
1950side A: Roi tcha-tcha
side B: Basilica 		Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra• Vocals on both tracks by Joseph Trouillot
1951side A: Macaya
side B: Ministre Azaca 		Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra• Vocals on both tracks by Guy Durosier
1951side A: Marié bon marié pa bon
side B: Dodo Turgeau 		Saieh & His Orchestra• Vocals on both tracks by Guy Durosier
1951side A: Feuille
side B: Creole Fantasy		The Belle Creole Group• Vocals on both tracks by Guy Durosier
1951side A: Manzelle Roza
side B: Erzulie Freda 		La Belle Creole Trio• Manzelle Roza: vocals sung by Guy Durosier
• Piano on both tracks by Billy Taylor
1951side A: Souvenir d’Haïti
side B: Angelico 		La Belle Creole Trio• Souvenir d’Haïti is based on a poem/song, written by Othello Bayard in 1920
• Piano on both tracks by Billy Taylor
1951side A: Cherie
side B: Ma Brune 		Saieh & His Orchestra• Cherie: was composed by Issa El-Saieh and Budd Johnson
• Ma Brune: was composed by Guy Durosier, who also performed the vocals on this track
1951side A: Angelico
side B: If you should leave me 		Saieh & His Orchestra• If you should leave me : was composed by Issa El-Saieh and Budd Johnson
• Vocals on both tracks by Guy Durosier
1951side A: Moin tendé youn canon qui tiré
side B: Cousin 		unknown• Percussions on both tracks by Raymond Ballergeau, Marcel Jean and René Dor
• Vocals on both tracks by Joseph Trouillot, Guy Durosier, Herbert Widmaier and Rodolphe Legros
1952side A: La Reine Soleil
side B: Panama’m tombé 		Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra• Panama’m tombé: is a well known song in the Haitian traditional folklore repertoire, made following the death of Haitian president Florvil Hyppolite
• Vocals on both tracks by Joseph Trouillot
1955side A: Yoyo
side B: Pese Cafe 		Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra• Vocals on both tracks by Guy Durosier
1955side A: Jacot
side B: Sharpshooter 		Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra• Jacot: was composed by Rodolphe Legros ?
• Sharpshooter: lyrics written by Antoine Radule
• Vocals on both tracks by Joseph Trouillot
1955side A: Bam pa’m sans douce
side B: Ti Zandor 		Bebo Valdés & His Rhythm• Bam pa’m sans douce was composed by Issa El-Saieh
• Vocals on both tracks by Rodolphe Legros
1955side A: Tu’em jète’m nan depotoir
side B: Cornes 		Bebo Valdés & His Group• Cornes was composed by Raoul Guillaume, and vocals were performed by Rodolphe Legros
1955side A: Diane
side B: Péligre 		Bebo Valdés & His Rhythm• Diane was composed by Capitaine Luc Jean-Baptiste
• Péligre was composed and performed by Rodolphe Legros
1955side A: Ouangol, oh
side B: Tous les jours’m sou 		Rodolphe Legros & His Ibo Lele Group
1955side A: Moin dit ou oui - ou dit moi non
side B: Mon Capitaine 		Budd Johnson & The Perchoir Group• Moin dit ou oui - ou dit moi non: vocals by the Dor brothers and piano solo by Ernest Lamy
• Mon Capitaine: vocals by Joseph Trouillot
1955side A: Patience ma fille
side B: Hougan cabrit 		Budd Johnson & The Perchoir Group• Patience ma fille was composed by Issa El-Saieh
• Vocals on both tracks by Rodolphe Legros
1955side A: Contredanse N°1
side B: Ché-ché		Wébert Sicot & His Cabane Choucoune Ensemble• Vocals on both tracks by Joseph Trouillot, René Dor and Gérard Dupervil
• Alto solo on both tracks by Wébert Sicot
1955side A: Rédi-rédi
side B: Marabout de mon coeur		Wébert Sicot & His Cabane Choucoune Ensemble• Marabout de mon coeur was composed by Rodolphe Legros and Émile Roumer
• Vocals on both tracks by Joseph Trouillot, René Dor and Gérard Dupervil
• Alto solo on track A by Wébert Sicot
1955Songs from Voodoo Haiti
side A:
  1. Feuille
  2. Dans tes bras
  3. Cabane Choucoune
  4. Ma brune
side B:
  1. Creole Fantasy
  2. Ministre Azaca
  3. Carolina Cao
  4. Panama’m tombe
Issa El-Saieh & His OrchestraThe tracks on this album were re-recorded and released in 1955, by the Supertone label of Monogram Records, under the title "Exotic Songs from Voodoo Haiti by Issa EL SAIEH - Haiti’s greatest orchestral conductor and his outstanding Haitian Orchestra".
1956side A: Avadra side B: CoumbiteThe Cabane Choucoune Ensemble• Coumbite composed by Joseph Trouillot ?
• Vocals on both tracks by Joseph Trouillot
1956side A: Le coq chante
side B: Nous ce fan-mi 		The Cabane Choucoune Ensemble• Nous ce fan-mi composed by Wébert Sicot?
• Vocals on both tracks by Joseph Trouillot
1956side A: Rele'm
side B: Patience ma fille 		Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra• Rele'm composed by Issa El-Saieh?
• Patience ma fille composed by Issa El-Saieh
• Vocals and chorus on both tracks by Guy Durosier, Herbert Widmaier and René Dor
1956side A: Au Perchoir
side B: Con ça nous ye ' 		Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra• Au Perchoir composed by Issa El-Saieh
• Con ça nous ye ' composed by Issa El-Saieh? with vocals and chorus performed by Guy Durosier, Herbert Widmaier and René Dor
1956side A: Magie nan caille la
side B: Bam pa’m sans douce 		Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra• Magie nan caille la composed by Issa El-Saieh?; piano solo performed by Bebo Valdés
• Bam pa’m sans douce composed by Issa El-Saieh?
• Vocals and chorus on both tracks by Guy Durosier, Herbert Widmaier and René Dor
1956side A: Oua mene’m allez
side B: Merci Bon Dieu 		Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra• Oua mene’m allez composed by Issa El-Saieh and Benítez; piano solo performed by Bebo Valdés
• Merci Bon Dieu composed by Issa El-Saieh; piano solo performed by Bebo Valdés
• Vocals and chorus on both tracks by Guy Durosier, Herbert Widmaier and René Dor
1956side A: Mathilda
side B: Mouin cout nan ça		Guy Durosier & His Rhythm• Mathilda composed by Harry Thomas & Guy Durosier ?; piano performed by Bebo Valdés, alto sax solo by Guy Durosier
• Mouin cout nan ça composed by Guy Durosier ?; piano solo performed by Bebo Valdés
• Vocals on both tracks by Guy Durosier
1956side A: Tarlatane
side B: Fais chemin ou		Guy Durosier & His Rhythm• Tarlatane composed by Guy Durosier ?
• Fais chemin ou composed by Guy Durosier ?
• Vocals on both tracks by Guy Durosier
1956side A: A woman in love
side B: Choucoune 		Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra• A woman in love lyrics by Frank Loesser for the 1955 film "Guys and Dolls"
• Choucoune lyrics by Haitian poet Oswald Durand; original composer Michel Mauléart Monton
• Vocals on both tracks by Herbert Widmaier
1956side A: Haiti
side B: Arona leve 		Issa El-Saieh & His Orchestra• Haiti: composed by Marcel L. Sylvain
• Arona leve: composed by Issa El-Saieh?
• Vocals on both tracks by Guy Durosier
1956side A:
  1. Con ça nous ye
  2. Ouangol oh
  3. Tous les jours m’sou
  4. Ciseaux
side B:
  1. Magie nan caille la
  2. Papa Pierre
  3. Ibo Lélé
  4. Feuilles nan bois
Rodolphe Legros & His Ibo Lele Group• Featuring Bebo Valdés on piano
1956side A:
  • Contredanse N°1
  • Che che
  • Redi-redi
  • Marabout de mon coeur
    • side B:
    1. Coumbite
    2. Le coq chante
    3. Avadra
    4. Nou ce fan mi
    		The Cabane Choucoune Ensemble• Marabout de mon coeur: composed by Rodolphe Legros & Émile Roumer• Coumbite: composed by Joseph Trouillot

    Exotic Songs from Voodoo Haiti by Issa El Saieh (1955)

    Titled Exotic Songs from Voodoo Haiti by Issa El Saieh - Haiti’s greatest orchestral conductor and his outstanding Haitian Orchestra, the 10 inch LP album was recorded and released in 1955, by the Supertone label of Monogram Records, and produced by Manuel M. «Manny» Warner. Album cover design by Freund Lurye.

    Issa El-Saieh presents Hi Fi Haitian Drums (1957)

    Titled Issa El-Saieh presents Hi Fi Haitian Drums, the 33 rmp 12 inch LP album was recorded in Haiti in 1957, and released by Capitol Records in September 1957. Supervised and compiled by El-Saieh, the 12 tracks feature famed drummers Raymond Ballergeau, Marcel Jean as well as vocalists Guy Durosier, Joseph Trouillot and Renée Mirault, to name a few.

    Issa El Saieh presents Voodoo Drums in Hi Fi (1958)

    Titled Issa El Saieh presents Voodoo Drums in Hi Fi, the 33 rmp 12 inch LP album was recorded in Haiti in 1958, and released by Atlantic Records in September 1958. Recorded under the supervision of Issa El-Saieh and Joseph Trouillot, with Herbert Widmaier as recording engineer. Album cover photo by Lee Friedlander, and cover design by Marvin Israel.

    Issa El-Saieh & His Haitian Orchestra (1958)

    Titled Issa El-Saieh & His Haitian Orchestra, this double track 78 rmp 10 inch LP was recorded in Haiti and released by Monogram Records in 1958. It features the songs Panama‘m tombe and Creole fantasy.

    Mini Records (1997-2007)

    • 1997: Issa El Saieh El Maestro et son orchestre, avec Guy Durosier
    • 2007: Issa El Saieh - La Belle Époque
    • 2007: ''Issa El Saieh - La Belle Époque''