Release Date: 25 September 2001
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 093074049020
Genres: World Music Latin Music
Description
Recorded in Matanzas in 1957, these ritual rhythms provide a direct link to the music of 19th-century colonial Cuba and provide a window into the religious life of the first generations of Africans who worked the sugar mills. Collected by Lydia Cabrera and Josefina Tarafa, these recordings preserve extremely rare bembé lukumi ritual drumming used by practitioners of SanterÃa to summon the gods or salute Cuba's African nations. It is remarkably different from the urban style heard today in Havana, although some of the same songs were sung in both city and countryside. With origins in Yoruba religion in West Africa, this music reveals the roots of today's Afro-Cuban ceremonial practices. 32-page booklet with extensive notes and photos. 69 minutes.
Tracklisting
Jerron Paxton
Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin
Dan + Claudia Zanes
Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins
The Po' Ramblin Boys
Bessie Jones, John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell & Ed Young
Sonya Cohen Cramer
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
