Chapter 11 - The Caribbean

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Chapter 11 introduces the music and associated cultural activities from the Caribbean, including the islands of Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and Cuba. The discussions focus on the unique traditions created through the cross-cultural interaction of Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa, producing traditional, as well as many popular music styles, such as Reggae and Calypso. History is consequently an important element of the discussion throughout, particularly as it relates to the invention of the steel drum in Trinidad. Afro-Cuban son is important to introduce here as salsa music, which draws heavily from this tradition, is discussed in a later chapter.

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Practice Quiz

Videos

For more world music videos, visit the World Music YouTube Channel.

Roots Reggae: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G2v5pGX50g
Trinidad and Tobago 2007 Carnival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BA4xol6HvM
Soca Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SALgXnL61gY
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Oth3v7v08

On Your Own Time Links

Links and Further Resources

Book:: King, Stephen.Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2007.; http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/612
Book:: Bradley, Lloyd.This Is Reggae Music: The Story of Jamaica's Music. New York: Grove Press, 2001.; http://www.amazon.com/This-Reggae-Music-Story-Jamaicas/dp/0802138284
Website:: Bob Marley — Official Website; http://www.bobmarley.com/
DVD:: The Harder They Come. Dir. Henzell, Perry. New World Pictures, 1972.; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070155/plotsummary
Book:: Veal, Michael.Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2007.; http://www.upne.com/0-8195-6571-7.html
Website:: Jimmy Cliff — Official Website; http://www.jimmycliff.com/
Website:: Carlos Jones — Official Website; http://www.carlosjones.com/
Popular Artists from Jamaica:
Book:: Regis, Lewis.The Political Calypso : True Opposition in Trinidad and Tobago. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1998.
Book:: Guilbault, Jocelyne. Governing Sound: The Cultural Politics of Trinidad's Carnival Musics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.; http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo5298970.html
Website:: National Carnival Commission of Trinidad & Tobago; http://www.ncctt.org/home/
Website:: Soca Monarch; http://www.socamonarch.net/new/
Book:: Dudley, Shannon.Music from behind the Bridge: Steelband Aesthetics and Politics in Trinidad and Tobago.; New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.; http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Music/WorldMusicEthnomusicology/?view=usa&ci=9780195321234
Book:: Stuempfle, Stephen. The Steelband Movement: The Forging of a National Art in Trinidad and Tobago.; Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996.
Book:: Dudley, Shannon. Carnival Music in Trinidad: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.; http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Music/WorldMusicEthnomusicology/?view=usa&ci=9780195138337
Popular Artists from Trinidad & Tobago:
Book:: Fernandez, Raul. From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2006.; http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520247086
Book:: Manuel, Peter. Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae. 2nd Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2006.; http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1175_reg.html
Website/Audio/DVD:: Buena Vista Social Club; http://www.buenavistasocialclub.com/
Website:: Mamborama; http://www.mamborama.com/cuba_music.html
Website:: Salsa & Merengue — Cuban Son Montuno; http://www.salsa-merengue.co.uk/VidTutor/rhythm/son_phrasing_part_one.html
Audio:: Cuban Counterpoint: History of the Son Montuno. Rounder Records: R102013, 1992.; http://www.allmusic.com/album/cuban-counterpoint-history-of-the-son-montuno-r102013
Popular Artists from Cuba: