Native Drummers. "This photograph from Haiti shows two drummers playing on elaborately-decorated drums. The photograph is from the collection of the Columbus Memorial Library of the Organization of American States (OAS), which includes 45,000 photographs illustrative of life and culture in the Americas. Many of the photographs were taken by prominent photographers on OAS missions to member countries. The OAS was established in April 1948 when 21 countries of the western hemisphere adopted the OAS Charter, in which they reaffirmed their commitment to the pursuit of common goals and respect for each other's sovereignty. Since then, the OAS has expanded to include the countries of the English-speaking Caribbean as well as Canada. The predecessor organization to the OAS was the Pan American Union, founded in 1910, which in turn grew out of the International Union of American Republics, established at the First International Conference of American States in 1889-90." Created / Published Haiti : Organization of American States, 1958-03. Columbus Memorial Library (OAS) Photograph Collection
Traditional Bajan Music. "This photograph shows drummers and flute players in a local band playing traditional folk music in a parade in Barbados, with a large crowd in the background. The parade is part of the five-week summer Crop Over festival, the most popular and colorful festival in Barbados. Its origins can be traced to the 1780s, when Barbados was a prolific sugar producer. At the end of each season, there was a huge celebration to mark the culmination of another successful sugar cane harvest, the "crop over" celebration. The photograph is from the collection of the Columbus Memorial Library of the Organization of American States (OAS), which includes 45,000 photographs illustrative of life and culture in the Americas. Many of the photographs were taken by prominent photographers on OAS missions to member countries. The OAS was established in April 1948 when 21 countries of the western hemisphere adopted the OAS Charter, in which they reaffirmed their commitment to the pursuit of common goals and respect for each other's sovereignty. Since then, the OAS has expanded to include the countries of the English-speaking Caribbean as well as Canada. The predecessor organization to the OAS was the Pan American Union, founded in 1910, which in turn grew out of the International Union of American Republics, established at the First International Conference of American States in 1889-90." Created / Published Barbados : Barbados Tourist Board, 1981. Columbus Memorial Library (OAS) Photograph Collection
Vodoun "manman" drum in the collections of National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
Conga Drums at Carnival Time. "This photograph from Cuba shows a group of male revelers in traditional costumes and large sombreros, with various types of drums and other musical instruments, in a Conga line. The conga is a dance that originated in Cuba, and in which the participants form a winding line, take three steps forwards or backwards, and then kick. The photograph is from the collection of the Columbus Memorial Library of the Organization of American States (OAS), which includes 45,000 photographs illustrative of life and culture in the Americas. Many of the photographs were taken by prominent photographers on OAS missions to member countries. The OAS was established in April 1948 when 21 countries of the western hemisphere adopted the OAS Charter, in which they reaffirmed their commitment to the pursuit of common goals and respect for each other's sovereignty. Since then, the OAS has expanded to include the countries of the English-speaking Caribbean as well as Canada. The predecessor organization to the OAS was the Pan American Union, founded in 1910, which in turn grew out of the International Union of American Republics, established at the First International Conference of American States in 1889-90." Created / Published, Cuba : Organization of American States, 1957.
Mari playing the limbindi in the Cameroon rainforest.
The Jolly Boys with guitar and rhumba box.
Samo man with war horn.
Ugandan boy playing the Adungu.
Griot from Senegal who is holding a kora.
Somali woman playing the lyre.
North African boy playing the kissar.
Sudan man playing an oud.
"Tom-Tom Beater" taken in Furcy, Haiti.
Voodoo drums in Haiti.
Jamaican music group, the Jolly Boys, with guitar, banjo and rhumba box.
Algerian woman playing a lute instrument.
North African woman with tambourine.
Musician in Tunis with a guembri.
Haiti Voodoo Drums circa 1965-70.
Voodoo Drums of Haiti.
A Soussou griot from Guinea playing a musical instrument called a bolon.
Begena, often called "King David's harp," used for prayer, reflection, and spiritual meditation.
Balaphone player in Senegal on a postcard
Gnawa musician playing a guembri next to child.
Gnawa musician playing a traditional three-stringed, guembri circa 1910.
Trumpets of Boussa (kakaki, a traditional royal instrument used by the Hausa, Yoruba, and Nupe people, as well as in Chad, Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Nigeria).
Valiha, the national instrument of Madagascar is made up of bamboo, plant fiber strings and calabash.
Atege man playing the olo.
East African lyre made from a gourd and antelope horns.
Maya Daren, Divine Horseman. Film on the voodoo rituals and practices in Haiti.
Egypt, The Locals: Street Musicians (tambourine, lyre, and hand drum).
East African bowl lyre, endongo.
Gnawa musician, Madam' Bono, playing a guembri.
Northa Arab snake charmers, in Tangier, Morocco, playing the algaita and a hand drum.
Sudanese singer Muna Al-Khair playing the oud
Mugandam blind musician playing the pipe on a postcard.
Man playing the inanga.
Bisaso Ssempeke Playing the ennanga.
Gulne Papel, 'The Stolen Sound of Banjo', authored by Abdulmuqit Idowu, Deeds Magazine.
'The Stolen Sound of Banjo', authored by Abdulmuqit Idowu, Deeds Magazine.
'The Stolen Sound of Banjo', authored by Abdulmuqit Idowu, Deeds Magazine.
'The Stolen Sound of Banjo', authored by Abdulmuqit Idowu, Deeds Magazine.
Trinidad players mesmerise crowds at the Festival of Britain in 1951
Len “Boogsie” Sharp
The Banjo: "A History of America’s African Instrument"
Colombia, Caribbean Coast (1964-1970), George List Colombia Collections. "In the 1960s, List travelled to the Colombian Caribbean coastal region to research local musical traditions, and in four trips he recorded over 120 open reel tapes containing music, interviews, and folk tales belonging to communities with strong indigenous and Afro-Colombian heritage. Live recorded music is the most substantial part of these recordings, displaying a broad diversity of local musical ensembles, instruments, and repertoires, many of which are associated today with cumbia and vallenato popular music styles."
'Drum Band W.I. Regiment', The Caribbean Photo Archive, Archive Farms Inc.
San (Bushmen) man playing mouth bow
1930 photogravure of two Ngangela boys playing mouthbows. Angola, Africa. Photograph by Alfred Schachzabel.
Luba people from the Congo, playing mouth bows
A musician from Gabon, central Africa.
Ngbaka man playing mouth bow
Mouth bow player, Angola.
My guess would be Papua New Guinea, but no info on this pic.
Mouth bow of BaKwiri people of Mt. Cameroon
Dan musician from Ivory Coast, playing mouth bow.
Young Zulu man (1930's photo) playing mouth bow.
Here's a man from Congo playing a small mouth bow which must have a relatively delicate sound.
San (Bushmen) man playing mouth bow
Historic mouth bow images, Central Africa.
Obu man (Nigeria) playing mouth bow.
Two women playing musical bows, most likely from South Africa, late 19th century. One with calabash resonator bow, the other a mouth bow.
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett. "Nigeria: talking drums group."
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett. " Old postcard from Sudan."
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett. " 4th King's African Rifles drummers, Uganda, from the 1920s."
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett. "This beautiful old photograph is from the 1894 Chicago World's Fair, aka the World Columbian Exposition. The drummer is Abou Bakr Ghindi, who represented the Sudan at the fair. "
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett. "Two young boys in what is now Sudan, with some rather large and very handsome drums. Photo dates from 1930, by Hugo Adolf Bernatzik, anthropologist and photographer."
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett (1925)
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett
People with Drums (Africa - South America - Caribbean), Vintage photos, via Polarity Records Blog / Samm Bennett. "Attilio Gatti African Expedition" (1936).
"72 years ago, The Trinidad All-Steel Pan Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) first debuted the steelpan to critical acclaim in the United Kingdom! In 1951, the Steel Band Association began preparations for their first major project: creating a steelband to represent Trinidad & Tobago at the Festival of Britain in London. This led to TASPO, the Trinidad All-Steel Pan Percussion Orchestra with eleven top pannists from T&T: Winston “Spree” Simon (Fascinators), Ellie Mannette (Invaders), Anthony Williams (North Stars), Sterling Betancourt (Crossfire), Theo Stephens (Free French), Orman Haynes (Casablanca), Belgrave Bonaparte (Southern Symphony), Philmore Davidson (City Syncopators), Andrew de la Bastide (Hill), Dudley Smith (Rising Sun), and Carlton Roach (Sun Valley). They were led by the Barbadian-born Lieutenant Joseph Griffith, the Director of the St. Lucia Police Band. As TASPO’s musical director, he created a diverse repertoire to demonstrate the steelpan’s range: mambos, calypsoes, waltzes, & sambas. The band first performed at Globe Cinema in Port of Spain, then London, where they were a huge success. Although TASPO only existed for a short period of time, it led to a reevaluation of steelbands. They brought a musical revolution to Britain, & this warm reception gave legitimacy to steelband music at home. Musicians Ellie Mannette & Anthony Williams created vastly improved instruments for TASPO’s performances abroad, such as Mannette’s 23-note ping-pong pan, & Williams’ 14-note tenor boom. Additionally, Lieut. Griffith ensured all of the pans were tuned to concert pitch & included all notes of the chromatic scale, leading to a more uniform tone quality. UK audiences greatly enjoyed this new form of Caribbean music. Trinbagonian Edric Connor took TASPO to a variety of other venues to perform, & their popularity grew through word of mouth, even enjoying a tour of Paris before returning to T&T. This photo showing Lieutenant Joseph Griffith conducting TASPO in London, 1951 is courtesy of the book, “Steelband Saga: The Story of the Steelband, the first 25 years” by Sylvia Gonzalez, part of the National Archives of Trinidad & Tobago Special Collections."
Calypso Be: A Rough Guide to the Raw Side of Vintage Caribbean Music, January 16, 2018, Kevin Kujawa, Riot Fest.
BAND OF ANONYMOUS NATIVE HAITIAN MUSICIANS PLAYING HAND MADE INSTRUMENTS Circa 1960 Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts
Cuba # 1742 - VG - Traditional Music Instruments - Bonko Enchemiya Drum
Abner Jay doing handbone with His Daughter on Jawbone
Abner Jay and his daughter, Brandie, playing Rattle of the Bones
Virtual exhibition presents previously unseen images by French photographer Pierre Verger 'Maranhão by Pierre Verger', available on the website of the Vale do Maranhão Cultural Center, features 80 images taken by the Frenchman during his visit to Maranhão in the late 1940s."
'Barriles de bomba' players
The History of Reggae. Stuart Kallen. Farmington Hills, MI. The Thompson Gale Corporation. 2006 Race, Class, and Political Symbols/Rastafari and Jamaican Politics. Anita Waters. New Brunswick, New Jersey. Transaction Books. 1985 Kingston, Jamaica. Wikipedia. Sept 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_Jamaica. Sept 17, 2014
The History of Reggae. Stuart Kallen. Farmington Hills, MI. The Thompson Gale Corporation. 2006 Race, Class, and Political Symbols/Rastafari and Jamaican Politics. Anita Waters. New Brunswick, New Jersey. Transaction Books. 1985 Kingston, Jamaica. Wikipedia. Sept 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_Jamaica. Sept 17, 2014
The History of Reggae. Stuart Kallen. Farmington Hills, MI. The Thompson Gale Corporation. 2006 Race, Class, and Political Symbols/Rastafari and Jamaican Politics. Anita Waters. New Brunswick, New Jersey. Transaction Books. 1985 Kingston, Jamaica. Wikipedia. Sept 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_Jamaica. Sept 17, 2014
"This Gentleman is the official abeng blower for the Accompong Maroons. The abeng is blown at special events such as funerals." March 1, 2008.
Figure 2 - Sound System speakers in Jamaica. Photo courtesy of Beth Lesser, From the series "Rub a Dub Style" technological (see Slater & Adam 2012) paradigm in 1960’s Jamaica, where within the confines « Sound systems were portable high fidelity playback equipment that was usually transported globe. One such case - particularly poignant to this thesis - resulted in the birth of a new musico