African and Afro-American drums/ [edited by Harold Courlander].

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Courlander, Harold, 1908-1996.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Ethnic folkways library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drum language.

Folk dance music--Africa.

Folk dance music.

Folk dance music--West Indies.

Folk music--Africa.

Folk music.

Folk music--West Indies.

Percussion ensembles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

New York : Folkways Records, 1962, 1954.

Contents:

[Ruanda (Watutsi)]: Ceremonial drums (4:37, 3:32)

[Equatorial Africa (Baya)]: Dance drums (3:12)

[Equatorial Africa (Badouma)]: Stamping tubes (2:40)

[Nigeria (Yoruba)]: Harvest festival (2:52) ; Music in praise of a chief (3:07) ; Drums for the deity Orishania (2:22)

[Belgian Congo (Bambala)]: Dance drums (2:01) ; Slit-log talking drum (1:16)

[South Africa (Zingili)]: Ndlamu dance drums (2:39)

[Madagascar (Mahafaly)]: Festival drumming (3:06)

[Puerto Rico]: Bomba dance (2:34)

[Bahamas]: Jumping dance (3:23)

[Cuba]: Djuka dance (1:03) ; Lucumi drums (1:07)

[Haiti]: Quitta seche dance (3:19) ; Juba dance (1:54)

[Jamaica]: Cumina drums (1:14)

[Brazil]: Four rhythms for the deity Eshu (3:49) ; Four rhythms for the deity Ogoun (3:58)

[Virgin Islands]: Bamboula dance (1:16)

[Surinam]: Djuka drums (1:44)

[United States]: Jazz drumming by Baby Dodds (2:08)

[United States, New York]: Children's street band (1:48).

Notes:

Also issued as compact disc.

An anthology of drumming from the continent of Africa, from South America, the West Indies and North America.

Originally issued in 1954.

OCLC:

698168254

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