Africa: Drum Chant & Instrumental Music

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nonesuch
• ASIN: B000005IWM
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,237 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hausa Street Music

2. Bounkam Solo

3. Kountougi Solo

4. Djerma Dundun Drummers

5. Tuareg Medicinal Chant

6. Lodagaa Wiiks and Gulu

7. Songhay Kombi and Ettebel

8. Kouco Solo

9. Songhay Gulu Drummers

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best African recording ever, November 2, 2006

By 

Jeff Smith (New York, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Africa: Drum Chant & Instrumental Music (Audio CD)

Wow! This is it right here. Let me start off by saying that I hate packaged world music compilations. You know the type, The Best of Africa, crap like that. This is raw and where it's at. A bunch of field recordings from street musicians. It doesn't get any better. There is nothing slick or produced, just as it would sound if you found a bunch of guys sitting on the corner playing and singing away or if you came across an entire village in the middle of a night time healing ritual.

Having spent time in Africa with some serious musicians i can say first hand that if you want the real thing then this is it. Buy it, don't delay

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AUTHENTIC AFRICAN MUSIC, November 29, 2007

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COMPUTERJAZZMAN "computerjazzman" (Cliffside Park, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Africa: Drum Chant & Instrumental Music (Audio CD)

THIS IS A CD OF WEST AFRICAN MUSIC RECORDED IN THE FIELD BY AFRICAN STREET MUSICIANS. THIS IS A RARE TREAT. I HAVE DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN WEST AFRICAN MUSIC, AND ENJOY LISTENING TO MORE MAINSTREAM PROFESSIONAL AFRICAN MUSICIANS, BUT YOU JUST CAN'T BEAT THIS STUFF. YOU MIGHT FIND ANY OF THE MUSICANS ON THIS CD PLAYING ON A STREET CORNER SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA. LOTS OF GREAT PERCUSSION, CHANTING, CALL AND RESPONSE, AND NATIVE AFRICAN STRINGED INSTRUMENTS.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Copy or original?, June 13, 2011

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Johannes Peters - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Africa: Drum Chant & Instrumental Music (Audio CD)

I'm astonished that the upper side of this CD

is pasted with an original library number. So

I assume it is an original of the library, not a

copy as described.