• Drums Of Haiti (1950) – Bumba Dance
    • 1. Vodoun Dance
    • 2. Ibo Dance
    • 3. Salongo Dance
    • 4. Juba Dance
    • 5. Petro Dance
    • 6. Quitta Dance
    • 7. Baboule Dance
    • 8. Mascaron Dance
    • 9. Congo Payette Dance
    • 10. Congo Larose Dance
    • 11. Ganbos
    • 12. Vaccines
    • 13. Bumba Dance

    Heavy, heavy, heavy drum rhythms recorded in Haiti. Voodoo plus some Rara. This is like Soul Jazz Records' own "Voodoo Drums", only recorded in 1950! Produced by ethnographer Harold Courlander. Very Recommended!

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