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| :: Title :: |
Igbo Le Le |
| :: Genre :: |
Big Drum dance |
| :: Performers & Instruments :: |
| Adams, Ferguson (Sugar Tamarind) [cutter drum] |
| Aikens, Daniel [boula drum] |
| Clement, Larena [vocal] |
| Fortune, May [vocal] |
| James, Mannie [vocal] |
| John, Caddy Lazarus [boula drum] |
| Joseph, Jemina [vocal] |
| Lazarus, Beatrice [vocal] |
| Lazarus, Tida [vocal] |
| Lomax, Alan [vocal] |
| Mrs. Silvisa [vocal] |
| Noel, Matilda [vocal] |
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| :: Group Name :: |
Big Drum group |
| :: Setting :: |
Unspecified |
| :: Location :: |
Bellevue South (None), Carriacou (Grenada) |
| :: Language :: |
Carriacou Creole French |
| :: Culture :: |
Grenadines, Carriacou, Afro-Caribbean |
| :: Session :: |
Bellevue 7/62
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| :: Date :: |
7/30/1962 |
| :: Reference Information :: |
T1194.0, Track 9 (00:04:37) |
| :: Original Format :: |
Reel to Reel
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| :: Session Notes :: |
| 1 - This session features a Big Drum group performing a number of dance songs, as well as game songs and lullabies. Alan Lomax's field long names a number of individuals who participated in this session and unless otherwise specified they are all listed as "possible" performers. Many of the recordings can be heard on Caribbean Voyage: Saraca (Rounder 1726) and Caribbean Voyage: Carriacou Calaloo (Rounder 1722). [Source: Recordings and Field Log] |
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| :: Recording Notes :: |
| 0 - Call-and-response between the (two?) lead singers and (six women) chorus. [Source: Recording] |
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| :: Collection :: |
Caribbean 1962 |
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