Maroon Music from the Earliest Free Black Communities of Jamaica: Drums of Def

by JAMAICA / DRUMS OF DEFIANCE /

Overview

The Folkways label's treasures were inexhaustible, but high on the list were a series of Afro-Caribbean roots recordings in which the Maroon material collected by Kenneth Bilby ranked among the highest. This very welcome CD adds to the original LP material eight new tracks recorded only last year. The music is as engrossing as it is important, and the revised notes are even better than the originals. ~ John Storm Roberts, Original Music

Product Details

Release Date:	09/14/1993
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
UPC:	0093074041222
Rank:	121322

Tracks

1. Tambu: Hear When de Dubby Bawl
2. Tambu: Fire da Bun
3. Sa Leone: Remember Rain, John Warren
4. Sa Leone: Moko Johnny
5. Jawbone: Morning Star
6. Jawbone: See Dem Gyal a Molain
7. Jawbone: Me Aks Me Dasha Weh Him Min Go
8. Jawbone: Nyam One Day, Bui Sanga
9. Mandinga/John Thomas: Kin an Beri
10. Mandinga: Banda Gone a Wood
11. Mandinga/Tambu: Ya Ya Dempo
12. Mandinga: Wiri-Oo Sankoma
13. Papa: Maki Bo
14. Ibo: Jo Leh
15. Ibo: Siyumande
16. Abeng (Signaling Horn)
17. Drum Language
18. Drum Language
19. Kromanti (Country): Shedo
20. Kromanti (Country): Anabo Yedeng
21. Recreational Song: Falla Me
22. Kromanti: Dede Bi Ankama
23. Mandinga: Ba Wiri-Oo
24. Mandinga: Oh Duppy
25. Mandinga: Siyumande YoYo
26. Kromanti: Grandy Nanny
27. Kromanti: A Mini Wai-Oo
28. Solo Song: Ingia Mayongo
29. Processional Music: Squire Smith
30. Processional Music: Clear Road
31. Processional Music: Wah Me Gwine Do?
32. Processional Music: Maroon Law
33. Processional Music: Baakini
34. Revival: Fight for War
35. Nyabingi

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Moore Town Maroons   Primary Artist
Charles Town Maroons   Primary Artist
Scott's Hall Maroons   Primary Artist
Accompong Maroons   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Kenneth Bilby   Engineer,Liner Notes,Photography,Reissue Coordination
John Thomas   Composer
Anthony Seeker   Reissue Coordination
Matt Walters   Reissue Coordination
David Glasser   Remastering
Carol Hardy   Design
Tambu   Composer
Michael "Ibo" Cooper   Composer