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Afro-American Music: A Demonstration Recording
Willis James, former chairman of the Music Department at Spelman College, looks at how the complex musical and linguistic practices of west coast African cultures have been translated into the musical practices of African Americans. In this lecture performance, he covers spirituals, work songs, blues and jazz.
Willis James, former chairman of the Music Department at Spelman College, looks at how the complex musical and linguistic practices of west coast African cultures have been translated into the musical practices of African Americans. In this lecture performance, he covers spirituals, work songs, blues and jazz.
Alan Lomax, Zora Neale Hurston, and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle Expedition Collection: Vol. 14
Alan Lomax, Zora Neale Hurston, and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle Expedition Collection: Vol. 15
American Ballads
American Ballads And Folksongs
The Asch Recordings, 1939 to 1945 - Vol. 2
To finish the FW00AA3 compilation of folk ballads from the Asch Records catalogue, this collection samples songs and instrumentals from many favorite musicians of later fame: Hobart Smith bangs out a rousing “Cindy” on the piano, Woody Guthrie and Sonny Terry paint a scene with “Railroad Blues” using only...
To finish the FW00AA3 compilation of folk ballads from the Asch Records catalogue, this collection samples songs and instrumentals from many favorite musicians of later fame: Hobart Smith bangs out a rousing “Cindy” on the piano, Woody Guthrie and Sonny Terry paint a scene with “Railroad Blues” using only guitar and harmonica and Richard Dyer-Bennet describes how “Two Maidens Went Milking One Day.” Also highlighting the Rev. Gary Da...
To finish the FW00AA3 compilation of folk ballads from the Asch Records catalogue, this collection samples songs and instrumentals from many favorite musicians of later fame: Hobart Smith bangs out a rousing “Cindy” on the piano, Woody Guthrie and Sonny Terry paint a scene with “Railroad Blues” using only guitar and harmonica and Richard Dyer-Bennet describes how “Two Maidens Went Milking One Day.” Also highlighting the Rev. Gary Davis, Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Dock Reese.
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Been Here and Gone
Black Music of Two Worlds
John Storm Roberts
"El objeto de est... "The subject of this album is the meeting of three musical traditionsAfrican, Arab, and Europeanto create a fourth tradition of great richness and international impact, that of the Black New World. It is hardly surprising that Afro-American music is so rich. It draws form three major European sourcesEnglish, French, and Iberian (Spanish and Portuguese)as well as several western African traditions..."
John Storm Roberts
"El objeto de este álbum es analizar el encuentro de tres tradiciones musicales, la africana, la árabe y la europea, para crear una cuarta tradición de gran riqueza e impacto internacional, la cultura negra del Nuevo Mundo. En realidad, no es sorprendente que la música afro-americana sea tan rica como lo es, ya que proviene de tres importantes fuentes europeas, Inglaterra, Francia y la península Ibérica, así como de varias tradiciones del oeste africano..."
John Storm Roberts
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