an annotated discography of artists from West Africa, the Caribbean and the Eastern and Southern United States, 1901-1943 /
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compiled by Craig Martin Gibbs.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
McFarland & Company, Inc.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2018]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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vii, 459 pages ;
Dimensions
26 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Locations of recordings -- The organization of the discography -- Discography. Part I. West African field recordings, 1901-1942 -- Part II. Caribbean field recordings, c. 1914-1941 -- Part III. Southeastern United States African-American field recordings, c. 1904-1943.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Traditional African musical forms have long been accepted as fundamental to the emergence of blues and jazz. This discography brings together recordings that trace the evolution of the African American musical experience, from early wax cylinder recordings made in West Africa to voodoo rituals from the Carribean Basin to the songs of former [enslaved people] in the American South"--