Zouk : world music in the West Indies
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Zouk : world music in the West Indies
（Chicago studies in ethnomusicology）
University of Chicago Press, 1993
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Discography: p. 229-231
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780226310411
Description
With its irresistible dance beat, strong bass line, and straightforward harmonies and lyrics, zouk has become wildly popular in the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe. This book--complete with a compact disc and numerous illustrations and musical examples--provides a thorough introduction to the sound, lyrics, choreography, and social milieu of this vibrant and infectious new music. "This invigorating reference work and companion CD of the Antilles' sexy zouk dance sound will lift readers out of their easy chairs and their complacency about the nonreggae aspects of Caribbean pop...[Zouk] is a landmark achievement."--Timothy White, Billboard
Table of Contents
List of the Musical Excerpts on the Compact Disc Acknowledgments Introduction Technical Notes 1: Zouk and the Isles of the Caribees 2: "Zouk-la Se Sel Medikaman Nou Ni" 3: On Zouk and Family Resemblance: Biguine, Compas Direct, and Cadence-Lypso 4: Biguine: Popular Music of Guadeloupe (1940-1960) Edouard Benoit 5: "Toujou Sou Konpa": Issues of Change and Interchange in Haitian Popular Dance Music Gage Averill 6: Cadence: The Dominican Experience Gregory Rabess 7: Three Constructions of Zouk: An Interpretation 8: Zouk in the Eighties 9: Zouk and the Local Music industries 10: Zouk as a World Music in the Lesser Antilles A gallery of photographs follows page Appendixes Discography Notes References Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780226310428
Description
With its irresistible dance beat, strong bass line, and straightforward harmonies and lyrics, zouk has become wildly popular in the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe. This book-complete with a compact disc and numerous illustrations and musical examples-provides a thorough introduction to the sound, lyrics, choreography, and social milieu of this vibrant and infectious new music.
"This invigorating reference work and companion CD of the Antilles' sexy zouk dance sound will lift readers out of their easy chairs and their complacency about the nonreggae aspects of Caribbean pop. . . . [Zouk] is a landmark achievement."-Timothy White, Billboard
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