The Classic Louisiana Recordings: Cajun and Creole Music, 1934-1937
Alan Lomax Collection
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CAT # 11661-1842-2
1. Six Ans Sur Mer 2:52 2. Les Clefs de la Prison 1:49 3. J'ai Vu Lucille 4. Un Matin, J'Etais Sur Ma Galerie 5. Je M'ai Fait Une Maitresse 1:25 6. La Belle et le Capitaine 4:46 7. Une Fille de Quatorze Ans 4:18 8. Mademoiselle Emelie 2:55 9. Tout un Beau Soir en me Promenant 2:05 10. Au Pont de L'anse 3:12 11. Dans Mon Chemin Rencontre 1:51 12. Cajun Waltz 13. Creole Blues 1:25 14. Cajun Waltz 1:15 15. Cajun Waltz 1:33 16. Cajun Two-Step 1:15 17. Viens Donc T'assir Sur la Croix de ma Tombe 2:59 18. Joe Feraille 2:28 19. Un te pas Gain de L'air 3:31 20. Catin, Prie Donc pour ton Negre 1:42 21. Bye-bye, Bonsoir, mes Parents 1:24 22. Tous les Samedis 2:53
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The Classic Louisiana Recordings, Cajun & Creole Music: A series devoted to the recordings by Alan Lomax and John Lomax in Louisiana in the 1930s and 1980s. 'The Lomaxes recorded a whole different side of music in South Louisiana - unaccompanied ballad singers and solo instrumentalists. They recorded styles that were old then, as opposed to styles that were only popular then -- thus deepening our understanding of the roots of Cajun music and its Creole cousin, zydeco, far beyond anything we had known before.' --Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press 'Contemporary Cajun and Creole musicians have proved right the Lomaxes' desire to preserve America's oldest traditional music for future generations -- they are now retooling and recycling this very material and turning it into brand new-old songs. The release of this expanded CD version will keep refueling this important creative process.' --Barry Jean Ancelet Includes Alan Lomax's first Cantometric analysis of a single regional tradition.
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