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This groundbreaking production of the legendary musicologist's trip to Haiti features 10 CDs, two books containing extensive notes and Lomax's journal, a replication of the map he used (with added notations), color video footage, and hours of amazing, never-before-heard music that no longer exists on earth!
From the time that Alan Lomax left his position as head of the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress in 1942 through the end of his long career, he amassed one of the most important collections of ethnographic material in the world.
Each CD, produced in collaboration with the estate of Alan Lomax and the Library of Congress, represents a different genre of music, all previously unreleased. Original source recordings transferred at the Library of Congress and de-noised using state of the art equipment for a crystal clear time-traveling sound experience.
Includes a hardcover book (over 100 color pages) with notes and photos for each CD, plus an extensive introduction by Haiti expert Gage Averill. Also contains Lomax's transcribed and annotated Haiti Journal (over 130 pages), with drawings from the original documents as well as a full-sized reproduction of his map of Haiti, including his notes and annotations. CDs feature author Zora Neale Hurston (Their Eyes Were Watching God) singing children's songs as well as a disc dedicated to Francilia, a Haitian chanteuse whose voice has never been heard before now.