This production is associated with the 2001 New York City Program at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. An "audio portrait of the five boroughs" of New York City--Container. Compact disc. Program notes by Ray Allen (35 p. : ill., music) inserted in container.
Recorded in: United States, New York (N.Y.).
Table of contents:
Disc 1 : Fiesta de Plena / Viento de Agua (Puerto Rican) -- Campo / Los Pleneros de la 21 (Puerto Rican) -- Los Vecinos Oyen / Luis Dias (Dominican) -- Cana Brava / Jose Quezada y los Cinco Diablos (Dominican) -- Kange Majekrahi / Besim Muriqi (Albanian) -- Shota / Besim Muriqi (Albanian) -- Doli goca n'penxhere / Merita Halill with the Raif Hyseni Orchestra (Albanian) -- Xing Jie / Music from China (Cantonese) -- Nachay Nandalala / Sampat Dino Boodram (Indo-Caribbean) -- Sanjo Kayageum / Korean Traditional Performing Arts Association (Korean) -- Fakoli / Abdoulaye Diabate and Super Manden (West African) -- Yesa / Orlando "Puntilla" Rios y Nueva Generacion (Afro-Cuban) -- Oquendo y Libre / Manny Oquendo y Libre (Puerto Rican) -- My Time (excerpt) / CASYM Steel Orchestra (Trinidadian) -- Everything will be alright / Reverend Timothy Wright and the Grace Tabernacle Choir (African American). Disc 2 : Cocek Manhattan / Yuri Yunakov Ensemble (Bulgarian-Gypsy) -- Milino kolo / Sau Family Orchestra (Banat Romanian-Gypsy) -- Crowley's -Jackson's / Eileen Ivers (Irish) -- The galloping hound-McGreavy's-Cat's meow-Fraher's / Cherish the Ladies (Irish) -- Miroloi (excerpt) / Halkias Family Orchestra (Greek) -- Kokkino Gramma / Grigoris Maninakis and Mikrokosmos (Greek) -- A Freylekhn purim / Andy Statman (Eastern European Jewish) -- Khsidim Tanz / The Kiezmatics (Eastern European Jewish) -- Rara processional / Frisner Augustin and La Troupe Makandal (Haitian) -- Sa li fe pou mwen / Dickson Guillaume & the New York State Haitian Interdenominational Mass Choir (Haitian) -- Charanga Completa / Los Macondos (Colombian) -- Olive Harvest / Simon Shaheen and Qantara (Middle Eastern) -- Segah Suite (Chrouky, Abou Zelof, Muwashshah) / Naji Youssef and members of the Near Eastern Music Ensemble (Lebanese) -- Improvisation on Mugam Chargah and "Gubayenim" / Ensemble Tereza (Mountain Jewish) -- Halda-Haida / Cheres (Ukrainian) -- O Giglio e paradiso / Phil Valli Orchestra with Salvatore 'Tuddy" Ferrara (Italian)
Track information:
101 Fiesta de plena / Viento de Agua (Musical group). Conga (Drum),Pandereta (Drum),Saxophone,Trumpet,Flute,Piano. Spanish language
102 Campo / Pleneros de la 21 (Musical group). Bomba (Drum),Maraca,Drum. Spanish language
103 Los Vecinos oyen / Luis Dias. Guitar. Spanish language
104 Can.a brava / Joser Quezada, Joser Quezada y los Cinco Diablos. Conga (Drum),Saxophone,Accordion,Guiro. Spanish language
213 Segah suite. Chrouky ; Abou ; Zelof ; Muwashshah / Naji Youssef, Near Eastern Music Ensemble
214 Improvisation of Mugam chargah and "Gubayenim" / Ensemble Tereza (Musical group). Clarinet,Keyboards (Music)
215 Haida-haida / Cheres. Clarinet,Violin
216 O giglio e paradiso / Phil Valli, Salvatore Ferrara. Italian language
Repository Loc.:
Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
