African & Afro-American / Var African & Afro-American / Var CD

African and Afro-American Drums is an examination of African drumming and it's influence on the music of the Americas. Representing eight countries in the American continents, Harold Courlander has compiled an anthology of drum music from three continents and explores it's various uses as well as chronicles the evolution of drum music. Extensive liner notes accompany this album and include a transcription of Haitian Juba Dance drums by George Herzog.

1. Ceremonial Drums 2. Ceremonial Drums 3. Dance Drums 4. Stamping Tubes 5. Harvest Festival 6. Salute to a Chief 7. Drums for the Deity Orishania 8. Dance Drums 9. Slit-Log Talking Drum 10. Ndlamu Dance Drums 11. Festival Drumming 12. Djuka Dance Drums 13. Jumping Dance Drums 14. Djuka Dance Drums 15. Lucumi 16. Quitta Seche Dance Drums 17. Juba Dance Drumming 18. Cuminia Drums 19. Drum Rhythms for the Deity Eshu 20. Drum Rhythms for the Deity Ogoun 21. Bamboula Dance Drums 22. Djuka Drums 23. Jazz Drumming 24. Street Band Drumming