Roots of Black Music in America

This two volume-collection, is a survey of instrumental and vocal music from African cultures as well as from African American musicians in the southern United States. Producer Samuel Charters created the album with the intent to provide musical examples from "two worlds" through traditional offerings of African tribal music, cultural roots that were forcefully suppressed during the period of slavery in America, and African American music evocative of the influence of its predecessors. 41 songs, 1.3 hours, with liner notes featuring an introduction by Samuel Charters, descriptions of songs, and examples of archival documents describing early African music and black music in the southern United States.

EN ESPAÑOL

Este segundo volume de la colección es un estudio de la música instrumental y vocal de las culturas africanas, así como de músicos afroamericanos del sur de los Estados Unidos.

El productor, Samuel Charters, creó el álbum con la intención de proporcionar ejemplos musicales de ”dos mundos“ a través de ofrendas tradicionales de la música tribal africana, las raíces culturales que fueron reprimidas con fuerza durante el período de la esclavitud en los Estados Unidos y la música afroamericana que evoca la influencia de su predecesores.

41 canciones, 1.3 horas, con notas que ofrecen una introducción a cargo de Samuel Charters, descripciones de las canciones y ejemplos de documentos de archivo que describen la música africana antigua y la música negra del sur de los Estados Unidos.

Track Listing

101	Simpah	Hausa drum group	02:03
102	Jumping Dance	Bahamian drum group	01:34
103	Atsiagbekor	Ewe drum orchestra	01:33
104	New York Street Band	New York street musicians	01:31
105	Kendal	Wolof women	01:19
106	Everything the Monkey Do	Andros Island musicians	01:09
107	Gio Songs	Gio laborers recorded at Bromley on the St. Paul River	01:44
108	New Orleans Street Drumming	New Orleans street drummer	01:36
109	New Orleans-Chicago Jazz Drumming	Baby Dodds	02:09
110	Anougble Festival	Baoulé drum orchestra	01:29
111	New York Jazz Drumming	New York jazz drummer	02:01
201	Work Songs: Liberia	Six Kpelle bush cutters singing while cutting grass	01:59
202	Work Song: Cameroon	Coffee sifters at United Africa Corp warehouse, Bamenda, Cameroon	01:32
203	Work Song: Jamaica	Jamaican construction workers	01:28
204	Men's Wedding Song	Dogon singers and musicians	01:26
205	Go Down, Old Hannah	Prisoners at the Ramsey and Retrieve State Farms, Texas	01:37
206	Wives' Song / Alabama Children's Song (Bob a Needle)	Fon's wives (Cameroon); Children from Lilly's Chapel School, Alabama	01:36
207	Akonodey	Group of old Akan women	01:23
208	Country Song	Kumina musicians	01:12
209	Mansa	Bafut musicians	01:58
210	Samba Gilajagi	Wolof musician playing halam (five-stringed lute)	01:38
211	Wasting My Time	J.D. Short	03:46
301	Tara	Two Wolof musicians playing halam (five stringed lute)	02:20
302	Tuareg Minstrels at Timbuktu with Two Lutes	Tuareg musicians	02:01
303	Kentucky Banjo Instrumental: Jaw Bone	Willie Chapman	00:54
304	Virginia Banjo Instrumental: Peachbottom Creek	Wade Ward	01:27
305	Kentucky Banjo with Voice: Black Eyed Suzy	Roscoe Holcomb	01:27
306	Kpelle Harp	Pepe Kroma	01:39
307	Bassa Belly Harp	Jeffly and Bo, two Bassa men in Gbanga, Central Province	01:53
308	Djourou	Baoulé musician	01:08
309	Veracruz Style Harp: Paloma	Maximiliano Valencia	01:28
310	Balafon	Male singer accompanied by two balafon players	02:04
311	Baoulé	Baoulé musicians playing xylophone	01:44
312	Marimba: La Sandunga	A marimba group from Veracruz	01:27
313	Bassa Musical Bow	Jon Wieh	00:59
401	I Have Two Wings	Utah Smith	03:28
402	Saddlehorse Blues	Daddy Hotcakes	03:12
403	When a Man Marries His Troubles Just Begin	Andros Island musicians	02:41
404	Just a Little While to Stay Here	Eureka Brass Band	04:01
405	He's a Friend of Mine	The Sprit of Memphis	02:42
406	Jazz at the Philharmonic, Blues, Pt. 3	Norman Granz' Jazz At The Philharmonic	03:47