The Encyclopedia of Native Music: More Than a Century of Recordings from Wax Cylinder to the Internet FREE DOWNLOAD
- Paperback: 464 pages
- Publisher: University of Arizona Press (April 1, 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0816524483
- ISBN-13: 978-0816524488
Want the word on Buffy Sainte-Marie? Looking for the best powwow
recordings? Wondering what else Jim Pepper cut besides "Witchi Tai To"?
This book will answer those questions and more as it opens up the world
of Native American music. In addition to the widely heard sounds of
Carlos Nakai’s flute, Native music embraces a wide range of forms:
country and folk, jazz and swing, reggae and rap. Brian Wright-McLeod,
producer/host of Canada’s longest-running Native radio program, has
gathered the musicians and their music into this comprehensive
reference, an authoritative source for biographies and discographies of
hundreds of Native artists.
The Encyclopedia of Native Music
recognizes the multifaceted contributions made by Native recording
artists by tracing the history of their commercially released music. It
provides an overview of the surprising abundance of recorded Native
music while underlining its historical value. With almost 1,800
entries spanning more than 100 years, this book leads readers from early
performers of traditional songs like William Horncloud to artists of
the new millennium such as Zotigh. Along the way, it includes entries
for jazz and blues artists never widely acknowledged for their Native
roots—Oscar Pettiford, Mildred Bailey, and Keely Smith—and traces the
recording histories of contemporary performers like Rita Coolidge and
Jimmy Carl Black, "the Indian of the group" in the original Mothers of
Invention. It also includes film soundtracks and compilation albums that
have been instrumental in bringing many artists to popular attention.
In addition to music, it lists spoken-word recordings, including audio
books, comedy, interviews, poetry, and more. With this unprecedented
breadth of coverage and extensively cross-referenced,
The Encyclopedia of Native Music
is an essential guide for enthusiasts and collectors. More than that,
it is a gateway to the authentic music of North America—music of the
people who have known this land from time immemorial and continue to
celebrate it in sound.
This unique series is designed to show the beginning hand drummer a fun
and creative approach to playing immediately. In Step One, Brad Dutz
covers how to develop a good sense of the beat, how to produce drum
tones, and how to play a rhythm. Step Two presents in-depth instructions
on the proper techniques for producing a variety of tones and sounds.
In addition to presenting exercises to develop technique, this program
also includes authentic rhythmic patterns from several diverse world
cultures. Special DVD features include interactive drums from around the
world, performance applications of education, fanga rhythm and frame
drum performance, and printable worksheets.
