Black Music of Two Worlds

"The subject of this album is the meeting of three musical traditions—African, Arab, and European—to 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 sources—English, 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

Track Listing

101	Xylophone - Bapende of Zaire	Bapende xylophone player	01:01
102	Marimba from Colombia	Colombian currulao musicians	03:07
103	Let 'Em Jump	Pete Johnson	03:05
104	Akonoday - Ghana	Ghana drummer and chorus	01:40
105	Call to Prayer - Muslim	Palestinian male singer	00:33
106	Mende Muslim Song - Sierra Leone	Mende female singer with female chorus	03:18
107	Song from Malaga - Spain	Spanish male singers with guitar and clapping	02:25
201	Black Woman	Vera Hall Ward	01:32
202	Kpelle Brushcutters - Liberia	Kpelle male singers	02:24
203	Imo Gal - Jamaica	Jamaican male singers	02:28
204	Let Your Hammer Ring	United States male singers and chorus	03:30
205	Los Congos de Villa Mella - Criollo	Santo Domingo singers and drummers	03:43
206	Palomita Nueva - Dominica	Dominican Republic singers	01:21
301	Drum and Fife Quadrille - West Indies	West Indian drum-and-fife group	02:50
302	Wheel and Turn - Jamaica	Jamaican harmonica and percussion players	02:20
303	De La Suarez - Carribean	Carribean singers and musciains	02:52
304	War	Atilla the Hun, Sir Lancelot, Executor, Caresser, and Lion	03:11
305	Fire Brigade - Calypso	Atilla the Hun	02:39
401	Ezulie - Haiti	Le Jazz Condo	02:20
402	Retour des Cayes - Haiti	Fabre Duroseau	02:33
403	Mazurca	New Orleans band	02:52
404	Sutileza - Cuba	Septeto Nacional	03:15
405	How Long Blues - USA	Jimmy Yancey	04:04
501	How Sweet the Name - Jamaica	Revival Zion Jamaican singers	02:45
502	I Got a Lighthouse - Jamaica	Revival Zion Jamaican singers and drummer	02:40
503	Roll Jordan Roll - USA	Fisk Jubilee Singers	02:42
504	He's a Friend of Mine - Gospel	Spirit of Memphis	02:44
505	Frankie - USA	Mississippi John Hurt	03:25
601	I Believe I'll Dust My Broom	Robert Johnson	03:07
602	Leave My Love Alone - Jazz	Coleman Hawkins	02:40
603	Vijana Niwambie - Kenya	Williamu Osale	02:45
604	Kenyatta Aliteswa Sana	John Mwale	03:00
605	Maboke Nde Temoin - Zaire	Bholen and Orchestre Nègro Succès	04:54