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 players	01:01
102	Marimba from Colombia Marimberos, musicians from Buenaventura	03:07
103	Let 'Em Jump Pete Johnson	03:05
104	Akonodey - Ghana Akan Adowa ensemble	01:40
105	Call to Prayer - Muslim Male singer with flute accompaniment, Palestine	00:33
106	Mende Muslim Song - Sierra Leone Mende Muslim women of Waiama, Bo District	03:18
107	Song from Malaga - Spain Urro de La Trinidad	02:25
201	Black Woman Vera Hall Ward	01:32
202	Kpelle Brush-cutters - Liberia Kpelle men singing while cutting grass, Liberia	02:24
203	Imo Gal - Jamaica Male field workers, Jamaica	02:28
204	Let Your Hammer Ring - USA Prisoners at the Ramsey and Retrieve State Farms, Texas	03:30
205	Los Congos de Villa Mella - Criollo Singers and drummers near Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	03:43
206	Palomita Nueva - Dominica Chorus of women, northern Dominican Republic	01:21
301	Drum and Fife Quadrille - West Indies West Indian drum-and-fife group	02:50
302	Wheel and Turn - Jamaica Mento band, Jamaica	02:20
303	De La Suarez - Caribbean Merengue ensemble, Dominican Republic	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 - Caribbean Orchestre du Groupe Folklorique	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 pastor and congregation, St. Andrews, Jamaica	02:45
502	I Got a Lighthouse - Jamaica Revival Zion pastor and congregation, St. Andrews, Jamaica	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