This track combines several recordings from Musical Passage to create a composite listening experience. The sounds of footsteps and waves  evoke the music's origins. Many enslaved people in Jamaica in the 1680s had survived a treacherous Atlantic crossing from Africa to the Americas, known as the "Middle Passage." Others were born into slavery in the Caribbean islands. 

Musical Passage Walk by David K. Garner

Angola (voice And Fretless Banjo) by David K. Garner & Mary Caton Lingold

Angola (adapted For Chorus, Fretless Banjo And Percussion) by David K Garner & Mary Caton Lingold

Papa 1 (fretless Banjo) by David K Garner

Papa 2 (adapted For Mbira Dzavadzimu) by David K Garner

Koromanti 1 (fretless Banjo) by David K Garner

Koromanti 1 (adapted For Fretless Banjo And Shakers) by David K Garner

Koromanti 2 (fretless Banjo) by David K Garner

Koromanti 2 (adapted For Fretless Banjo And Djembe) by David K Garner

Koromanti 3 (fretless Banjo) by David K Garner

Koromanti 3 (adapted For Fretless Banjo And Percussion) by David K Garner

This was recorded during a workshop organized at the Institute of Jamaica on March 17, 2017. For a video of the event see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIBVYj3LJYo. Musicians playing on this track are: Earl “Chinna” Smith and Inna de Yard, with special guests Anthony “Sangie” Davis, Maroghini, Vivian “Scotty” Scott, and Samuel “Time” Williams.

"Papa" Recording from Jamaica Musical Passage Workshop

Musical Passage explores the music in Hans Sloane's 1707 book about Jamaica, one of the earliest records of African music in the Americas. For more information about the project, please see www.musicalpassage.org. You can access all of the music from the site here. Please share your musical interpretations with us! Connect via twitter @musical_passage or via email at musicalpassage1707@gmail.com

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