1972 | Folkways Records

Roots of Black Music in America

Various Artists | 01-01-1972
Total duration:1 h 18 min
01
Simpah
Hausa drum group
Roots of Black Music in America
02:03
Composers: Unspecified
02
Jumping Dance
Bahamian drum group
Roots of Black Music in America
01:34
Composers: Unspecified
03
Atsiagbekor
Ewe drum orchestra
Roots of Black Music in America
01:33
Composers: Unspecified
04
New York Street Band
New York street musicians
Roots of Black Music in America
01:31
Composers: Unspecified
05
Kendal
Wolof women
Roots of Black Music in America
01:19
Composers: Unspecified
06
Everything the Monkey Do
Andros Island musicians
Roots of Black Music in America
01:09
Composers: Unspecified
07
Gio Songs
Gio laborers recorded at Bromley on the St. Paul River
Roots of Black Music in America
01:44
Composers: Unspecified
08
New Orleans Street Drumming
New Orleans street drummer
Roots of Black Music in America
01:36
Composers: Unspecified
09
New Orleans-Chicago Jazz Drumming
Baby Dodds
Roots of Black Music in America
02:09
Composers: Unspecified
10
Anougble Festival
Baoule drum orchestra
Roots of Black Music in America
01:29
Composers: Unspecified
11
New York Jazz Drumming
New York jazz drummer
Roots of Black Music in America
02:01
Composers: Unspecified
12
Work Songs: Liberia
Six Kpelle bush-cutters singing while cutting grass
Roots of Black Music in America
01:59
Composers: Unspecified
13
Work Song: Cameroon
Coffee sifters at United Africa Corp warehouse, Bamenda, Cameroon
Roots of Black Music in America
01:32
Composers: Traditional
14
Work Song: Jamaica
Jamaican construction workers
Roots of Black Music in America
01:28
Composers: Traditional
15
Men's Wedding Song
Dogon singers and musicians
Roots of Black Music in America
01:26
Composers: Traditional
16
Go Down, Old Hannah
Prisoners at the Ramsey and Retrieve State Farms, Texas
Roots of Black Music in America
01:37
Composers: Huddie Ledbetter
17
Wives' Song / Alabama Children's Song (Bob a Needle)
Fon's wives (Cameroon)
Roots of Black Music in America
01:36
Composers: Unspecified
18
Akonodey
Group of old Akan women
Roots of Black Music in America
01:23
Composers: Unspecified
19
Country Song
Kumina musicians
Roots of Black Music in America
01:12
Composers: Unspecified
20
Mansa
Bafut musicians
Roots of Black Music in America
01:58
Composers: Unspecified
21
Samba Gilajagi
Wolof musician playing halam (five-stringed lute)
Roots of Black Music in America
01:38
Composers: Unspecified
22
Wasting My Time
J.D. Short
Roots of Black Music in America
03:46
Composers: J.D. Short
01
Tara
Two Wolof musicians playing halam (five stringed lute)
Roots of Black Music in America
02:20
Composers: Unspecified
02
Tuareg Minstrels at Timbuktu with Two Lutes
Tuareg musicians
Roots of Black Music in America
02:01
Composers: Unspecified
03
Kentucky Banjo Instrumental: Jaw Bone
Willie Chapman
Roots of Black Music in America
00:54
Composers: Unspecified
04
Virginia Banjo Instrumental: Peachbottom Creek
Wade Ward
Roots of Black Music in America
01:27
Composers: Wade Ward - Unspecified
05
Kentucky Banjo with Voice: Black Eyed Suzy
Roscoe Holcomb
Roots of Black Music in America
01:27
Composers: Unspecified
06
Kpelle Harp
Pepe Kroma
Roots of Black Music in America
01:39
Composers: Unspecified
07
Bassa Belly Harp
Jeffly and Bo, two Bassa men in Gbanga, Central Province
Roots of Black Music in America
01:53
Composers: Traditional
08
Djourou
Baoule musician
Roots of Black Music in America
01:08
Composers: Unspecified
09
Veracruz Style Harp: Paloma
Maximiliano valencia
Roots of Black Music in America
01:28
Composers: Traditional
10
Balafon
Male singer accompanied by two balafon players
Roots of Black Music in America
02:04
Composers: Unspecified
11
Baoulé
Baoulé musicians playing xylophone
Roots of Black Music in America
01:44
Composers: Unspecified
12
Marimba: La Sandunga
A marimba group from Veracruz
Roots of Black Music in America
01:27
Composers: Traditional
13
Bassa Musical Bow
Jon Wieh
Roots of Black Music in America
00:59
Composers: Unspecified
14
I Have Two Wings
Utah Smith
Roots of Black Music in America
03:28
Composers: Utah Smith - Unspecified
15
Saddlehorse Blues
Daddy Hotcakes
Roots of Black Music in America
03:12
Composers: Daddy Hotcakes
16
When a Man Marries His Troubles Just Begin
Andros Island musicians
Roots of Black Music in America
02:41
Composers: Daniel Saunders Brass Band - Unspecified
17
Just a Little While to Stay Here
Eureka Brass Band
Roots of Black Music in America
04:01
Composers: Traditional
18
He's a Friend of Mine
The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet
Roots of Black Music in America
02:42
Composers: Unspecified - Jethro "Jet" Bledsoe
19
Jazz at the Philharmonic, Blues, Pt. 3
Norman Granz' Jazz At The Philharmonic
Roots of Black Music in America
03:47
Composers: Unspecified
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