Music Of Haiti: Vol. 2 Drums O Music Of Haiti: Vol. 2 Drums O CD

Beads of sweat roll from the brows of muscular drummers who never tire. They play the manman, moyen and bebe drums of vodoun, an often misrepresented organized religious and cultural practice that values communion with the land and respect for the community. The rhythms are said to chofe (or heat up) players and listeners alike, inspiring increasingly impassioned drumming and dancing. Folklorist, ethnographer and ethnomusicologist Harold Courlander, known for his important early work documenting the "vast unwritten literature, dances, music" of the Haitian peasants, released these field recordings from the mountain villages of Haiti before nearly any other recordings were available.

1. Vodoun Dance (Three Vodoun Drums) 2. Ibo Dance (Three Drums and Ogan) 3. Salongo Dance (Two Drums) 4. Juba Dance (Drum and Catas) 5. Petro Dance (Two Drums) 6. Quitta Dance (Two Drums) 7. Baboule Dance (Three Drums) 8. Mascaron Dance (Two Drums and Basse) 9. Congo Payette Dance (Three Drums) 10. Congo Larose Dance (Three Drums) 11. Ganbos (Bamboo Stamping Tubes and Ogan) 12. Vaccines (Bamboo Trumpets and Sticks) 13. Bumba Dance (Two Drums)