Afro-American music : a demonstration recording / by Willis James.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	James, Willis, 1900-1966
Corporate Authors:	Folkways Records, Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, D.C.] : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, ℗2001, ©1970.
Series:	American song.
Subjects:	African Americans > Music > History and criticism. African Americans > Music. African Americans. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Music.
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

Disc 1. African background (1:00)
Rhythm and African drums (2:25)-- Kinds of African drums: Shongo (2:13)-- Periodicity and effects of rhythm (2:38)-- Africanisms in America (8:08)
Afro-American speech (3:14)
Speech and song (2:38)
Speech and rhythm (2:52)
Speech and melody (5:20)
The cry (8:19)
Plain cry (5:49): Coalman's cry ; Fishmonger's cry
Florid cry (3:17): Going to Alabammy ; Cabin boy
Coloratura cry (:43)
Wordless cry (3:44)
Disc 2. Wordless cries (:30)
Wordless cries (:50)
Florid cry (:51)
Prayer meeting (2:03)
See God's ark (2:10)
The cry, concluded (1: 02)
The blues (6:44)
Religious music (13:26): Guide my feet ; Ain't but me one ; My soul's been anchored in the Lord ; Good news ; My God is a rock in a weary land ; God's a-gonna straighten 'em (when He comes)
Jubilee song: Good news (Chariot's comin') (1:46)
Work song: Go tell the captain (6:10)
Jump for joy (Cotton-screwing song) (2:46)
All I want is union (3:22)
Jazz (6:02)
Negro music from white sources (5:00): What a friend we have in Jesus (White) ; What a friend we have in Jesus (Negro).

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