"This [CD] offers examples of the three major [music] traditions [of the Caribbean]--Afro-Hispanic, Afro-British, and Afro-French--and ranges from rural to urban music and from the largely Euiropean to the largely African"--Insert, page 7. Various performers. Recorded in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica by John Storm Roberts. Originally released in 1972 as Nonesuch H-72047. Compact disc. Program notes by John Storm Roberts, reprinted in full from the liner notes of the original release, (20 pages) inserted in container.
Contents:
Calunga (3:13) ; Yo la ve (2:56) (Los Congos del Espiritu Santo ; Albertino Graciano, leader) -- Amantina (1:52) -- Canto de hacha (2:47) -- Ay Lola eh (1:52) ; Salve corrida (2:12) (Odalicia Ventura and group) -- Pindó mama Pindó (2:20) -- Les deux jumeaux (3:46) ; Joséphine (2:34) (Orchestre Jazz Corondo) -- Percy where him gone? (1:57) (Benjamin Reid) -- Bahl 'omah bahl (3:48) ; Georgie Lyon (2:32) (Charles Welsh & chorus) -- Emmanuel Road (1:30) (Charles Welsh, Alfred McLerty & chorus) -- Mango time (1:32) -- When I was in Colón (1:17) ; Chi chi bud-oh! (1:28) ; Obeahman (1:36) (Valerie Walker) -- "Mummies" (Theophilus Chiverton) (7:12).
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