Africa: Drum, Chant, and Instrumental Music

Africa: Drum, Chant, and Instrumental Music

A collection of ceremonial West African music. Includes music recorded in Niger, Mali, and Upper Volta (modern day Burkina Faso). Stephen's wife drew the cover of this album. She based it off of a marketplace that the two of them had seen and a photo that she had taken. You can find this photo on the inside cover. Contains liner notes for each song and insrument used.

Track listing:

  1. Hausa Street Music (Niger) (3:27)
  2. Bounkam Solo (Upper Volta) (3:49)
  3. Kountougi Solo (Niger) (3:31)
  4. Djerma Dundun Drummers (Niger) (11:12)
  5. Tuareg Medicinal Chant (Mali) (6:57)
  6. Lodagaa Wilks and Gulu (Ghana) (3:53)
  7. Songhay Kombi and Ettebel (Niger) (3:22)
  8. Kuoco Solo (Mali) (4:37)
  9. Songhay Gulu Drummers (Niger) (1:49)

Released in 1976 by Elektra Asylum Nonesuch Records, A Division of Warner Communications Inc. Catalog number H-72073. Re-released on CD by Elektra/Nonesuch as part of the Explorer Series. Catalog number 9-72073-2.

Purchase Africa: Drum, Chant and Instrumental Music.

Steve Jay, What a guy!