Books
on the Culture of Drums and Drumming
Books
on General Rhythm, Percussion and Drum Topics
Various
Rhythmic Notation Catalogs On-line
Rhythm
of the Month Sites (in addition to most of the sites above)
Books
on Drum and Percussion Construction, Safety, etc.
Drum
and Percussion Related Magazines
The
following information was compiled and is maintained by Michael Wall ((808)737-3786)
using both personal resources and input from members of the Jembe-list.
These lists, while extensive, are not exhaustive and will be periodically
updated. You are strongly encouraged to (1) submit new titles (please use the
existing format and include all the details including company, category and a
brief review) and (2) provide missing information for items on this list
recording #, year, etc.) and submit reviews if they are missing.
If
you are interested in a particular publication, and complete information is not
listed, feel free to contact Michael at ((808)737-3786),
who will be happy to check his personal library for the details (which will also
then be added to this reference). Michael would also be pleased to receive
notice of correction or comments in format, typos, etc.
General
Notes on Finding Books:
When you are moved to rush right out to purchase one of these items, please
consider supporting your drumming community in the process. Much of media listed
below is published either by the author or by small companies. PLEASE SUPPORT
THEM DIRECTLY when at all possible. For those items only available from general
sources consider trying to secure them from community members that have
mail-order or retail outlets such as :
EARTHSHAKING MUSIC
543
Stokeswood Ave
Atlanta GA 30316
Email info@earthshakingmusic.com
http://www.earthshakingmusic.com
Scott
Davidson Music
P.O. Box 7341
Wilmington, DE 19803
Phone/Fax-302-529-1081
scodavdrum@aol.com
White
Cliffs Media
5150 Mae Anne Ave. #213-208
Reno, NV 89523; Tel: 775-674-1671
Web: http://www.wc-media.com
Email: wcm@wc-media.com
Failing
that, try asking your local independently owned music store to order the
recording for you. If all else fails the following sources should be able to
order the books you are interested in:
Descarga
Catalog
http://www.descarga.com/cgi-bin/db
328 Flatbush Ave., Suite 180
Brooklyn, NY 11238 USA
(800) 377-2647 FAX (718) 693-1316
Africassette
Music
http://www.africassette.com/~rsteiger
P.O. Box 24941
Detroit, MI 48224-0941 USA
(313) 881-4108 FAX (313) 881-0260
rsteiger@africassette.com
Books
on the Culture of Drums and Drumming
Books
on General Rhythm, Percussion and Drum Topics
Various
Rhythmic Notation Catalogs On-line
Rhythm
of the Month Sites (in addition to most of the sites above)
Books
on Drum and Percussion Construction, Safety, etc.
Drum
and Percussion Related Magazines
Books on the Culture of
Drums and Drumming
All
titles which are directly focused on Mande culture and music or have a djembe/dunun
orientation, are given in bold letters. (M.Wall)
|
TITLE |
Africa |
|
SUBTITLE |
The
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music |
|
AUTHOR |
Ruth
M. Stone, Editor |
|
PUBLISHER |
Garland
Publishing, New York |
|
YEAR |
1998 |
|
PAGES |
847 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Illustrated |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
0-8240-6035-0
Includes a CD |
|
TITLE |
Djembe
-Percussion aus Westafrika |
|
SUBTITLE |
Garland
Encyclopedia of World Music |
|
AUTHOR |
Ibro Konate and
Sylvia Franke |
|
PUBLISHER |
Sylvia Franke
sylvia.franke@djembe-percussion.de |
|
YEAR |
2001
Includes 2 CDS |
|
TITLE |
Africa
Counts |
|
SUBTITLE |
Number
and Pattern in African Culture |
|
AUTHOR |
Claudia
Zaslavsky |
|
PUBLISHER |
Lawrence
Hill Books |
|
YEAR |
1973 |
|
PAGES |
847 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Illustrated |
|
TITLE |
Africa
Folk Music Atlas |
|
AUTHOR |
Leonardo
D'Amico, Francesco Mizzau |
|
PUBLISHER
|
Amharsi
Edizioni Multimediali - |
|
YEAR |
1998 |
|
PAGES |
93
(with 3 audio cds and a CD ROM) |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
88-87036-06-3 |
|
TITLE |
African
Music |
|
SUBTITLE |
A
People's Art |
|
AUTHOR |
Francis
Bebey |
|
PUBLISHER |
Lawrence
Hill and Co., New York Westport |
|
PAGES |
170 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Illustrated |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
Paperback |
|
TITLE |
African
Religions and Philosophy |
|
AUTHOR |
John
S. Mbiti |
|
PUBLISHER |
Heinemann
Educational Books Ltd. |
|
YEAR |
1997 |
|
PAGES |
288 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
not
illustrated |
|
TITLE |
African
Rhythm and African Sensibility |
|
SUBTITLE |
Aesthetics
and Social Action in African Musical Idioms |
|
AUTHOR |
John
Miller Chernoff |
|
PUBLISHER |
The
University of Chicago Press, |
|
YEAR |
1979 |
|
PAGES |
261 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Illustrated,
Companion cassette available |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
0-226-10345-5
Paperback |
|
TITLE |
The Art of the Baga |
|
SUBTITLE |
A
Drama of Cultural Reinvention |
|
AUTHOR |
Frederik
Lamp |
|
PUBLISHER |
The
Museum of African Art, 593 Broadway, |
|
YEAR |
1996 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Yes |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
Hard
Cover $75, Paper $40 |
|
TITLE |
The
Dances of Africa |
|
AUTHOR |
Michel
Huet / Claude Savary |
|
PUBLISHER |
Harry
Abrams Inc., New York |
|
YEAR |
1996 |
|
PAGES |
172 |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
0-8109-3228-8 |
|
TITLE |
The
Drum and the Hoe |
|
SUBTITLE |
Life
and Lore of the Haitian People |
|
AUTHOR |
Harold
Courlander |
|
PUBLISHER |
University
of California Press |
|
YEAR |
1985 |
|
PAGES |
371 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Illustrated |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
0-520-05449-0
Paperback |
|
TITLE |
The Drummer's Path |
|
SUBTITLE |
Moving
the Spirit with Ritual and Traditional Drumming |
|
AUTHOR |
Sule
Greg Wilson |
|
PUBLISHER |
Destiny
Books, One Park St. |
|
YEAR |
1992 |
|
PAGES |
140 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Illustrated,
Companion cassette or CD available |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
0-89281-359-b
Paperback 10.95 |
|
TITLE |
Drumming
at the Edge of Magic |
|
SUBTITLE |
A
Journey Into the Spirit of Percussion |
|
AUTHOR |
Mickey
Hart and Jay Stevens |
|
PUBLISHER |
Harper
San Francisco |
|
YEAR |
1990 |
|
PAGES |
263 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Profusely!
Companion CD - same title |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
0-06-250374-X
Paperback |
|
TITLE |
Drums
- The Heartbeat of Africa |
|
AUTHOR |
Ester
A. Dagan |
|
PUBLISHER |
Galerie
Amrad African Art Publications |
|
YEAR |
1993 |
|
PAGES |
223 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Illustrated |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
0-9693081-9-1
Hardcover $80.00 |
A
very comprehensive book apparently aimed at an academic ethnomusicological and
anthropological readership. Includes chapters on drums and drummers country by
country for nearly the entire African continent. Includes dozens of photographs
of drums from 123 ethnic groups.
|
TITLE |
The Guardian of the Word |
|
AUTHOR |
Kouma
Lafolo Kouma |
|
PUBLISHER |
Fontana
/ William Collins and Sons Ltd |
|
YEAR |
1980 |
|
PAGES |
223 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
None |
|
TITLE |
How to Play Djembe |
|
SUBTITLE |
West
African Rhythms for Beginners |
|
AUTHOR |
Alan
Dworsky and Betsy Sansby |
|
PUBLISHER |
Dancing
Hands Music www.dancinghands.com 1800 898-8036 |
|
YEAR |
2000 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
yes,
CD INCLUDED |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
$24.95 |
|
TITLE |
Jeliya (French) |
|
SUBTITLE |
Etre
Griot Et Musicien Aujourd'hui |
|
AUTHOR |
Adama
Drame, Arlette Senn-Borloz |
|
PUBLISHER |
Editions
L'Harmattan |
|
YEAR |
1992 |
|
PAGES |
366 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
None |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
2-7384-1481-8 |
|
TITLE |
The Healing Drum |
|
SUBTITLE |
Yaya
Diallo and Mitchell Hall |
|
AUTHOR |
African
Wisdom Teachings |
|
PUBLISHER |
Yaya
Diallo and Mitchell Hall |
|
YEAR |
1989 |
|
PAGES |
213 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Yaya
Diallo and Mitchell Hall |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
0-89281-256-7
Paperback 12.95 |
|
TITLE |
Live Djembe: Traditional African Rhythms |
|
AUTHOR |
Daniel
Genton |
|
PUBLISHER
|
I.D.
Music 29, rue de Bitche (Paris La Defense) |
|
YEAR |
1998 |
|
TITLE |
The Mande Blacksmiths |
|
SUBTITLE |
Knowledge,
Power and Arts in West Africa |
|
AUTHOR |
Patrick
R. McNaughton |
|
PUBLISHER |
Indiana
University Press |
|
YEAR |
1988 |
|
PAGES |
241 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Yes |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
0-253-33683-X
Paperback |
|
TITLE |
Mandiani Drum and Dance |
|
SUBTITLE |
Djimbe
Performance and Black Aesthetics From Africa to the NewWorld |
|
AUTHOR |
Mark
Sunkett |
|
PUBLISHER |
White
Cliffs Media |
|
YEAR |
1996 |
|
PAGES |
192 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Illustrated,
Companion Cassette, CD and Video available |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
0-941677-76-1
Paperback 19.95 |
The
book contains background information on Mandiani and related genres in Africa,
including a useful section on how to lace the drums. The book then proceeds into
an extended discussion of African vs African-American aesthetic viewpoints as
this genre migrated from Africa to the U.S.
|
TITLE |
More
Than Drumming |
|
SUBTITLE |
Essays
on African and Afro-Latin American Music and Musicians. |
|
AUTHOR |
Irene
V. Jackson |
|
PUBLISHER |
Greenwood
Publishing Group |
|
YEAR |
1985 |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
03132309035/49.95 |
|
TITLE |
The
Music of Africa |
|
AUTHOR |
J.H.
Kwabena Nketia |
|
PUBLISHER |
W.W.
Norton & Company, New York |
|
YEAR |
1974 |
|
PAGES |
278 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Yes |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
0-393-09249-6 |
|
TITLE |
Musical
Instruments of Africa |
|
SUBTITLE |
Their
Nature, Use and Place in the Life of a Deeply Musical People |
|
AUTHOR |
Betty
Warner Dietz and Michael Babatude Olatunji |
|
PUBLISHER |
The
John Day Company, New York, NY |
|
YEAR |
1965 |
|
PAGES |
115 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Yes |
|
TITLE |
Patakin |
|
SUBTITLE |
World
Tales of Drums and Drummers |
|
AUTHOR |
Nina
Jaffe |
|
PUBLISHER |
Henry
Holt and Co. |
|
YEAR |
1994 |
|
PAGES |
145 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Illustrated |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
0-8050-3005-0
Hardcover |
Contains
10 drum stories from around the world. It represents a broad cross section of
the world's cultures and drum traditions and the author spends a few pages
before each story setting the scene and providing background. The author does a
fairly complete job of citing all her references and then crediting those to
whom she turned for advice and assitance. A couple ofthe stories are composite
retellings of traditional folk tales.
|
TITLE |
Planet
Drum |
|
SUBTITLE |
A
Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm |
|
AUTHOR |
Mickey
Hart and Frederic Lieberman |
|
PUBLISHER |
Harper
San Francisco |
|
YEAR |
1991 |
|
PAGES |
224 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Profusely! |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
0-06-250397-9
Paperback |
|
TITLE |
The
Spirit of Percussion |
|
AUTHOR |
Airto
Moreira |
|
PUBLISHER |
21st
Century Music Productions |
|
YEAR |
P.O.
Box 1816 Wayne, NJ, 07470 |
|
PAGES |
64 |
|
ILLUSTRATED |
Illustrated |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
Paperback
9.95 |
|
TITLE |
Status and Identity in West Africa |
|
SUBTITLE |
Nyamakalaw
of Mande |
|
AUTHOR |
David
C. Conrad and Barbara E. Frank |
|
PUBLISHER |
Indiana
University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis |
|
YEAR |
1995 |
|
PAGES |
204 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
None |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
0-253-20929-3
Paperback |
|
TITLE |
Griots and Griottes |
|
SUBTITLE |
Masters
of Words and Music |
|
AUTHOR |
Thomas
A Hale |
|
PUBLISHER |
Indiana
University Press , Bloomington and Indianapolis |
|
YEAR |
1998 |
|
PAGES |
410 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Yes |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
0-253-33458-6 |
|
TITLE |
Ta
Ki Ti Na |
|
SUBTITLE |
The
Forgotten Power of Rhythm |
|
AUTHOR |
Reinhard
Flatishler |
|
PUBLISHER |
LifeRhythm
P.O. 806 |
|
YEAR |
1992 |
|
PAGES |
150 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Illustrated,
Companion CD available |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
0-940759-07-8
Paperback |
Books
on General Rhythm, Percussion
and Drum Topics
|
TITLE |
African Drum Rhythms (and African Drum Rhythms
Study Guide) |
|
AUTHOR |
Lennart
Hallstrom |
|
PUBLISHER |
Lennart
Hallstrom, Rhythm Pedagogue |
|
Email |
|
|
YEAR |
1998 |
|
ILLUSTRATION |
Yes |
|
ISBN/PRICE |
91-973262-2-4;
10 Companion Cassettes Available |
|
TITLE |
African Percussion - The Djembe (Le Tambour Jembe) |
|
AUTHOR |
Serge
Blanc |
|
PUBLISHER
|
Self
Published, Available in the USA by mailing a check (payable
to"Michael Wall") for $39.95 plus $3 shipping (Airmail in the
US) to Michael Wall, 470 Hao St., Honolulu, HI 96821 |
|
YEAR |
1997 |
|
PAGES |
81
Includes a CD |
|
TITLE |
Afro-American
Aspects |
|
SUBTITLE |
Series
A.I.M. Percussion Text |
|
AUTHOR |
Jerry
Leake |
|
PUBLISHER |
Rhombus
Publishing Box 184, Boston, MA 02123 |
|
YEAR |
1986 |
|
PAGES |
132 |
|
IL |