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Seven interviews with Andrew Cyrille

[Andrew Cyrille: Brooklyn-born avante garde jazz drummer of Haitian descent.] A fireside chat with Andrew Cyrille, Jazz Weekly (date?) Body and Soul: An Interview with Andrew Cyrille, Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice (2010). Interview with Andrew Cyrille, Intakt Records (2003). Andrew Cyrille: DownBeat interview: directors cut (2004). Andrew Cyrille: Art Science, Part 1, JazzTimes (2011). […]

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Choucoune (Ti zwezo)

Johanne Harrelle, “Choucoune (Ti zwezo),” from À tout prendre (Claude Jutra, Director. 1964)

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Haiti: Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil

Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, “Haiti,” Recorded live for TV Bandeirantes in Rio de Janeiros, Brazil, 1994.

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Haiti: Belafonte

Harry Belafonte, “Haiti Cherie,” from Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957)

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Afghanistan: Malang Kohistani

Malang Kohistani in Kabul Transit (dir. David Edwards, Maliha Zulfacar, Gregory Whitmore, 2006)

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Haiti: Sound

Andrée Lescot in Chansons Créoles/Tropical Lament (Directed by Roger Blais, National Film Board of Canada, 1951)

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Haiti: Sound

Chansons Créoles, chansons folkloriques d’Haiti performed by Andrée Lescot and arranged and accompanied by Roger Bourdin and his ensemble (1958). Side A: Chansons Créoles. Side B: Chansons folkloriques d’Haïti.

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Afghanistan: Sound

Afghani Songs, Mirza Nazar Khan (1928?) Side A: Baz karé man va mashough beh peygham oftad Side B: Poshideh baz jameyeh guldar yar-e man

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