The Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig (Anniversary Edition) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The 24 selections included in the 1951 compilation InchNegro Folk Music of Africa and AmericaInch provide a sample of musical styles from Africa, and the African diaspora in South America, the Caribbean, and the Southern United States. This anthology demonstrates the continuation of African musical traditions into the New World. According to producer Harold Courlander, Inchin some parts of the Americas it is possible to find old African songs and dances that are still known in almost identical form in local African communities.Inch the album includes songs such as InchIngane KamalumeInch from South Africa, Inch'Jesha Cult SongInch from Brazil, and InchDidn't You Hear My Lord When He Called?Inch from Alabama, USA. In addition, a 6-page booklet of liner notes by Harold Courlander features a brief description of African music and it's influence in other regions and detailed song descriptions.

Double vinyl LP pressing. Expanded 15th Anniversary edition. Genuine Negro Jig is the third studio album by The Carolina Chocolate Drops, an African American string band. The album was originally released in 2010.

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.