AFRO-AMERICAN MUSIC / VARIOUS

$22.21
Label
FOLKWAYS RECORDS
Release Date
May 30, 2012
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      AFRO-AMERICAN MUSIC / VARIOUS
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 30, 2012
    • UPC
      093070269224
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FOWY2692.2
    • LABEL
      FOLKWAYS RECORDS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      World & International
    Works ⌄

    1. African Background

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    2. Rhythm and African Drums

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    3. Kinds of African Drums: Shongo

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    4. Periodicity and Effects of Rhythm

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    5. Africanisms in America

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    6. Afro-American Speech

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    7. Speech and Song

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    8. Speech and Rhythm

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    9. Speech and Melody

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    10. The Cry

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    11. Plain Cry: Coalman's Cry, Fishmonger's Cry

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    12. Florid Cry: Going to Alabammy, Cabin Boy

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    13. Coloratura Cry

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    14. Wordless Cry

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    15. Wordless Cries (version 1)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    16. Wordless Cries (version 2)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    17. Florid Cry

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    18. Prayer Meeting

      Composer: Traditional

    19. See God's Ark

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Moving Star Hall Singers

    20. The Cry (concluded)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    21. The Blues

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    22. Religious Music: 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

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    23. Jubilee Song: Good News (Chariot's Comin')

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    24. Work Song: Go Tell the Captain

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    25. Jump for Joy - Cotton-Screwing Song

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    26. All I Want is Union

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    27. Negro Music from White Sources: What a Friend We Have in Jesus (White) - What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Negro)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James

    28. Jazz

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Willis James


Willis James, former chairman of the Music Department at Spelman College, looks at how the complex musical and linguistic practices of west coast African cultures have been translated into the musical practices of African Americans. In this lecture performance, he covers spirituals, work songs, blues and jazz.