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Jazz cosmopolitanism in Accra : companion CD / [edited by] Steven Feld.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 20351
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Language:
- English
- Gã
- Subjects (All):
- Music--Ghana--Accra--20th century.
- Music.
- Jazz--Ghana--Accra--2001-2010.
- Jazz.
- Folk songs, Gã--Ghana.
- Folk songs, Gã.
- Popular music--Ghana--Accra--2001-2010.
- Popular music.
- Frog sounds--Africa.
- Frog sounds.
- Africa.
- Ghana.
- Ghana--Accra.
- Genre:
- Folk songs.
- Jazz.
- Popular music.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [Santa Fe, New Mexico] : VoxLox, [2012]
- Language Note:
- Vocal portions sung in Gã and English.
- System Details:
- digital optical
- audio file
- CD audio
- Contents:
- Acknowledgement / Nii Noi Nortey (Nii Noi Nortey, afrifone ; Nii Otoo Annan, gyil xylophones, apentema drums) (3:56)
- Hallelujah finale / arranged by Ghanaba (Ghanaba, percussion, vocals ; Winneba Youth Choir ; supporting instrumentalists) (5:21)
- Eyi wala dong / Guy Warren (Guy Warren, vocals, cymbals ; supporting instrumentalists) (2:16)
- Meditations, 1 / Nii Noi Nortey (Nii Noi Nortey, alto saxophone ; Nii Otoo Annan, African Percussion Kit ; Steven Feld, ashiwa box bass) (10:02)
- All aboard / Nii Noi Nortey (Nii Noi Nortey, soprano afrifone ; Nii Otoo Annan, African Percussion Kit ; Steven Feld, ashiwa box bass) (6:15)
- Black heat / Nii Noi Nortey (Nii Noi Nortey, tenor afrifone, gonje lute, gyil xylophone ; Nii Otoo Annan, African Percussion Kit ; Steven Feld, ashiwa box bass ; Alex Coke, soprano saxophone ; Jefferson Voorhees, drums) (8:57)
- Bufo regularis toads at midnight (ambient recording) (6:11)
- Bufo variation number one / Nii Otoo Annan (Nii Otoo Annan, tenor and bass gyil xylophones) (6:19)
- Ghana sea blues / Nii Otoo Annan ; arranged by Steven Feld (Nii Otoo Annan, electric guitar, with overdubs) (3:36)
- M.V. Labadi (a song of praise to Ataa Anangbi Anangfio) / La Drivers Union Por Por Group (6:50)
- Novi deke (Ewe traditional lament) (La Drivers Union Por Por Group) (7:08).
- Participant:
- Various performers.
- Notes:
- Performances of selected musical works discussed in Jazz cosmopolitanism in Accra : five musical years in Ghana, published in 2012 by Duke University Press.
- Title from disc label.
- Tracks 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11 recorded Accra 2004 October--2008 July.
- Track 3 recorded Chicago 1956 April-May.
- Tracks 6, 9 recorded Santa Fe 2007 August and 2010 October.
- All tracks previously issued 1957-2012.
- Program notes in English on container.
- OCLC:
- 806096754
- Publisher Number:
- VoxLox 212 VoxLox
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