The long road to freedom An anthology of Black music
Music - 2001
A musical history of America's Africans, including African tribal songs, slave call and response, work songs, spirituals, minstrel songs, blues, and more. Includes a lavishly illustrated book on the history of African American music, and a DVD about the production of this groundbreaking work.
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- Published
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[New York] :
Buddha Records : Distributed by BMG
p2001.
- Language
- English
unknown - Item Description
- Accompanying text principally by Mari Evans and Harry Belafonte.
Bonus DVD special features: "Harry Belafonte's reminiscence of that special period [i.e. 1960's] ... biographies of key participants and musicians, web site links, a message from the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and much more"--Book, p. [9]. - Physical Description
- 5 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videodisc (sound, color, double-sided ; 4 3/4 in.) + 1 book (138 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 x 28 cm.)
- Format
- DVD; NTSC and PAL formats.
- Production Credits
- Executive producers, Harry Belafonte, David Belafonte for Belafonte Enterprises Incorporated, and Alex Miller for Buddha Records/BMG ; producers, Harry Belafonte, David Belafonte, Albert C. Pryor, Leonard de Paur.
- Disc 1. The roots. The legends. Ose yie - Ashanti war chant (Ghana) ; Sakadougou - Malinke balad (Guinea)
- The work songs. Ake - Yourba work chant (Nigeria) ; Kufidi m'pala bituta (Baluba, Congo) ; Ayilongo - Ghenya boatmen (Congo)
- Festivals and ceremonies. Oba oba - homage to a king (Yourba, Nigeria) ; Okaikoi -harvest ceremony (Ga, Ghana)
- Children's songs. Ashiee tatale - Ga play song (Ghana) ; Aja aja o - Yourba fable (Nigeria)
- Conversion. Falle-well Shisha Maley (transitional hymn) ; Amazing grace, and the sermon
- Shouts and early spirituals. How do you do, ev'rybody? (greeting shout) ; O, Lord, I'm waitin' on you (spiritual) ; Prayer (spiritual) ; Kneebone bend (prayer shout) ; Hark 'e angel (watcher's shout) ; Yonder comes day (New Year shout) ; Goodbye, ev'rybody (farewell shout)
- Disc 2, Louisiana Creole. Tombeau, tombeau ; Je m'en vais finir mes jours ; Dans un brigatoire ; Au place Congo: Pour la belle Layotte ; Fomme la dit, mo malheuré ; Miche Banjo (bamboula)
- Slave Christmas. Good mornin', good mornin' ; All roun' de glory manger ; Mary, what you call yo' baby? ; Wonderful councillor
- The long road to freedom, Underground Railroad. Follow the drinking gourd ; Steal away to Jesus ; There's a meetin' here tonight ; Many thousan' gone
- The long road to freedom, the war. The colored volunteer ; We look like men of war ; Song of the First Arkansas Volunteers Glory Hallelujah ; Free at las'
- Disc 3. Country moods. Ol' lady from Brewster - children's song ; Hallie, come on! - woman's field holler ; Run squirrel, whoa mule - game song; Fox chase - mouth organ ; Chickens done crowed - sunrise holler ; 'Way go Lily - children's song ; Shine on - graveyard holler ; Grey goose - ballad ; Pick a bale o' cotton - hoedown; L'il gal, li'l gal - game song ; Go to sleepy lullaby
- City moods. I got 'em - street cry ; Hambone, hambone - children's pattin' ; Watermelon man - blues ; Fare thee well, oh honey - blues ; Blackberry woman - street cry; Easy rider blues - blues ; Oh, Johnny Brown - ring game ; I got 'em - street cry ; Black woman - blues ; Watermelon man - street cry
- Disc 4. Ballads and frolics. Let the deal go down ; Betty and Dupree ; Eas' man ; John Henry ; Boll weevil
- Bad men, booze, and minstrels. Stagolee ; Joe Turner blues ; Honey, take a whiff on me ; Folk-minstrel scene: Go 'long muley ; My baby in a Guinea blue gown ; Dat liar ; Finale
- Disc 5. Muscles and sweat. Ho boys, cancha line 'em? ; Good ir'n ; Go on, ol' gator ; Doncha hear yo' po' mother callin'? ; River sounding chant ; Nobody's business, Lord, but mine
- My God is a rock. My God is a rock ; We are climbin' Jacob's ladder ; I am so glad ; I'll never turn back no mo' - and excerpt from Dr. King speech ; Lord, I don't feel noways tired.