Afro - American Music - Its Heritage

Year Published: 1969

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 3Nov69 · LP37491 (Jan-Jun 1970) Copyright holder: Communications Group West/Hollywood

Description: Begins with drummers of West Africa and leads into a similar rhythmic beat of a jazz quartet. Relates a Yoruba tribe work chant and the talking drum to the plantation life in America. Explores the evolution of spiritual, blues, ragtime and Dixieland jazz music. Explores jazz styles in different regions of the United States.

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