Music of Haiti, Vol. 2 Drums of Haiti (1950) CD

Beads of sweat roll from the brows of muscular drummers who never tire. They play the manman, moyen and bébé drums of vodoun, an often misrepresented organized religious and cultural practice that values communion with the land and respect for the community. The rhythms are said to chofé (or heat up) players and listeners alike, inspiring increasingly impassioned drumming and dancing. Folklorist, ethnographer and ethnomusicologist Harold Courlander, known for his important early work documenting the “vast unwritten literature, dances, music” of the Haitian peasants, released these field recordings from the mountain villages of Haiti before nearly any other recordings were available.

     101      Vodoun Dance (Three Vodoun Drums)      Three male Vodoun drummers      2:53     
     102     Ibo Dance (Three Drums and Ogan)     Three male Ibo drummers, ogan er     2:39    
     103     Salongo Dance (Two Drums)     Two male Congo-Guinée drummers     1:07    
     104     Juba Dance (Drum and Catas)     Two male drummers     1:31    
     105     Petro Dance (Two Drums)     Male Pétro drummers     1:14    
     106     Quitta Dance (Two Drums)     Congo-Guinée drummers     1:26    
     201     Baboule Dance (Three Drums)     Three male drummers     1:14    
     202     Mascaron Dance (Two Drums and Basse)     Male drummers with basse     1:50    
     203     Congo Payette Dance (Three Drums)     Three male drummers     1:15    
     204     Congo Larose Dance (Three Drums)     Three male drummers     1:34    
     205     Ganbos (Bamboo Stamping Tubes and Ogan)     Male percussionists with bamboo stamping tubes and ogan     2:05    
     206     Vaccines (Bamboo Trumpets and Sticks)     Bamboo-trumpet ers     0:41    
     207     Bumba Dance (Two Drums)     Two male Congo-Guinée drummers     2:45