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Title Audio Collection Descriptionsort icon Composer Date All terms
Meadowlands Boogie | Southern African

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ILAM

Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1033

Spokes Mashiyane & France Pilane (Performer)
Spokes Mashiyane (Composer)

 1905-05-13 Drum | Flute | ILAM | Jive | Mashiyane, Spokes | Pilane,France | Popular music | Southern African
Emigodini | South African

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ILAM

African jazz music performed by a jazz band.

Grey Mbau
Brown Cool Six

 1900-01-00 African Jazz | Brass instruments | Brown Cool Six | Drum set | Grey Mbau | ILAM | Indigenous music | Instrumental | Jazz | Popular music | South Africa | South African | Swing
Meadowlands Blues | South African

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ILAM

African jazz music performed by a jazz band.

Grey Mbau
Brown Cool Six

 1900-01-00 African Jazz | Brass instruments | Brown Cool Six | Drum set | Grey Mbau | ILAM | Indigenous music | Jazz | Johannesburg | Popular music | South Africa | South African
Hamuchati mandiwona |

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ILAM

Band dance music. Further details refer ILAM field card (E2B3)

African Dance Band of the Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia (Performer)
Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia African Dance Band (Performer)

 1951-06-05 Band music | boogie | Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia African Dance Band | Dance music | ILAM | Msarurgwa,August | Popular music | Shona | Southern African | Southern Rhodesia | Zezuru | Zimbabwe
Viombo |

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ILAM

Bulamatali town dance song with two guitars and a bottle. Further details refer ILAM field card (F1H1)

Kayashu, P. (Performer)
Philippe Kayashu (Performer)
Kalala, M. (Performer)
Morris Kalala (Performer)


 1952-01-18 Bottle | Central African | Congo | Dance music | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Guitar | ILAM | Kalala,Morris | Katanga | Kayashu,Philippe | Popular music | Swahili | Town dance
Viombo |

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ILAM

Bulamatali town dance song with two guitars and a bottle. Further details refer ILAM field card (F1H1)

Kayashu, P. (Performer)
Philippe Kayashu (Performer)
Kalala, M. (Performer)
Morris Kalala (Performer)


 1952-01-18 Bottle | Central African | Congo | Dance music | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Guitar | ILAM | Kalala,Morris | Katanga | Kayashu,Philippe | Popular music | Swahili | Town dance
The John B Calypso | West African

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ILAM

Calypso dance performed by a small band of musicians

ET Mensah's Tempos Band (Performer)

 1958-00-00 Brass instruments | Calypso | Clave rhythm | dance | Drum set | Ghana | Guitar | ILAM | Instrumental | Mensah,E.T. | Percusssion instruments | Popular music | Rhythm sticks | Tempos Band | West African
St Peter's Calypso | West African

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ILAM

Calypso dance performed by a small band of musicians

ET Mensah's Tempos Band (Performer)

 1958-00-00 Big band music style | Calypso | dance | Drum set | Ghana | Guitar | High Life | ILAM | Instrumental | Mensah,E.T. | Percusssion instruments | Popular music | Religion | Rhythm sticks | Tempos Band | West African
Balandra | Caribbean

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ILAM

Calypso dance performed on steel pans. The group are the winners of the Trinidad Musical Festival and Competition of 1952. Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1003

The Boys Town Steel Orchestra

 1900-01-00 Boys Town Steel Orchestra | Calypso | Caribbean | Competition winners | Creole | dance | ILAM | Instrumental | Popular music | Steel pans | Traditional music | Trinidad
You are mine | Caribbean

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ILAM

Calypso dance performed on steel pans. The group are the winners of the Trinidad Musical Festival and Competition of 1952. Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1003

The Boys Town Steel Orchestra (Performer)

 1900-01-00 Boys Town Steel Orchestra | Calypso | Caribbean | Creole | dance | ILAM | love | Popular music | Steel pans | Traditional music | Trinidad
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