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Black Music of Two Worlds

Various Artists
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

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101
Bapende xylophone players
01:01
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102
Marimberos, musicians from Buenaventura
03:07
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103
Pete Johnson
03:05
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104
Akan Adowa ensemble
01:40
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105
Male singer with flute accompaniment, Palestine
00:33
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106
Mende Muslim women of Waiama, Bo District
03:18
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107
Urro de La Trinidad
02:25
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201
Vera Hall Ward
01:32
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202
Kpelle men singing while cutting grass, Liberia
02:24
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203
Male field workers, Jamaica
02:28
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204
Prisoners at the Ramsey and Retrieve State Farms, Texas
03:30
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205
Singers and drummers near Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
03:43
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206
Chorus of women, northern Dominican Republic
01:21
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301
West Indian drum-and-fife group
02:50
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302
Mento band, Jamaica
02:20
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303
Merengue ensemble, Dominican Republic
02:52
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304
Atilla the Hun, Sir Lancelot, Executor, Caresser, and Lion
03:11
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305
Atilla the Hun
02:39
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401
Le Jazz Condo
02:20
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402
Fabre Duroseau
02:33
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403
Orchestre du Groupe Folklorique
02:52
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404
Septeto Nacional
03:15
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405
Jimmy Yancey
04:04
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501
Revival Zion pastor and congregation, St. Andrews, Jamaica
02:45
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502
Revival Zion pastor and congregation, St. Andrews, Jamaica
02:40
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503
Fisk Jubilee Singers
02:42
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504
Spirit of Memphis
02:44
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505
Mississippi John Hurt
03:25
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601
Robert Johnson
03:07
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602
Coleman Hawkins
02:40
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603
Williamu Osale
02:45
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604
John Mwale
03:00
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605
Bholen and Orchestre Nègro Succès
04:54