Summary: New Orleans developed a unique funk sound. Many slaves were brought from Haiti and brought with them the religion of Voodoo and its drums and music. Jazz funeral marching bands were solemn brass bands accompanying a coffin and would, on burial, be joined by a second line of drummers and dancers which would turn the event into a celebration of the spirit cutting free from earth. The backline...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Soul Jazz Records 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES NEWSurprise Chef (Musical group)
Contents: A1 bakery pledge of allegiance -- Grinners circle -- Velodrome -- Suburban breeze -- Conversation piece -- Iconoclasts -- Money music -- Spring's theme -- Together again -- Winter's theme -- Ten & two -- Goldie's lullaby.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1988