Different Drummers: Rhythm and Race in the Americas (Music of the African Diaspora, Volume 14) PDF
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Different Drummers MUSIC OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr., Editor Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., Editor Emeritus 1. California Soul: Music of African Americans in the West, edited by Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje and Eddie S. Meadows 2. William Grant Still: A Study in Contradictions, by Catherine Parsons Smith 3. Jazz on the Road: Don Albert’s Musical Life, by Christopher Wilkinson 4. Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story between the Great Wars, by William A. Shack 5. Dead Man Blues: Jelly Roll Morton Way Out West, by Phil Pastras 6. What Is This Thing Called Jazz?: African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists, by Eric Porter 7. Race Music: Black Cultures from Bebop to Hip-Hop, by Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. 8. Lining Out the Word: Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of Black Americans, by William T. Dargan 9. Music and Revolution: Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba, by Robin D. Moore 10. From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz, by Raul A. Fernandez 11. “Mek Some Noise”: Gospel Music and the Ethics of Style in Trinidad, by Timothy Rommen 12. The Memoirs of Alton Augustus Adams, Sr.: First Black Bandmaster of the United States Navy, edited with an introduction by Mark Clague, with a foreword by Samuel Floyd, Jr. 13. Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music, by Amiri Baraka 14. Different Drummers: Rhythm and Race in the Americas, by Martin Munro Different Drummers Rhythm and Race in the Americas Martin Munro UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley Los Angeles London University of California Press, one of the most distinguished univer- sity presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 2010 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Munro, Martin. Different drummers : rhythm and race in the Americas / Martin Munro. p. cm. — (Music of the African diaspora ; 14) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-520-26282-9 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-520-26283-6 (pbk : alk. paper) 1. Blacks—Caribbean Area—Music—History and criticism. 2. African Americans—Music—History and criticism. 3. Brown, James, 1933–2006—Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. ML3550.M86 2010 780.89'960729—dc22 2010005646 Manufactured in the United States of America 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on Cascades Enviro 100, a 100% postconsumer waste, recycled, de-inked fiber. FSC recycled certified and processed chlorine free. It is acid free, Ecologo certified, and manufactured by BioGas energy. For Cheralyn This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Slaves to the Rhythm 1 1. Beating Back Darkness: Rhythm and Revolution in Haiti 24 2. Rhythm, Creolization, and Conflict in Trinidad 78 3. Rhythm, Music, and Literature in the French Caribbean 132 4. James Brown, Rhythm, and Black Power 182 Conclusion: Listening to New World History 214 Notes 227 References 251 Index 269 This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments I wish to thank Ramsey Guthrie for his interest in this project and for sharing his expertise. I am very grateful to Mary Francis for her encouragement and guid- ance, and to Eric Schmidt and Suzanne Knott for help in the production stages. Sincere thanks to John Cowley for information on Trinidadian music, to Charles Forsdick for many useful reading suggestions, to Laurent Dubois for very helpful comments on the manuscript, to Celia Britton and J. Michael Dash for contin- ued support, and to Martin Chisholm and Pat Crowley for enduring friendship. Many thanks to Bill Bollendorf for help and advice on Haitian art. Love to Jean, Gary, and Alan Munro. My deepest gratitude as ever is to Cheralyn, Conor, and Owen for companionship, love, and sharing thoughts on music new and old. ix
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