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Field Hollers

from *ROOTS IN SLAVERY by Steve Shapiro

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The field holler has origins in the music of West Africa, where the majority of enslaved Africans in America came from. Field hollers, cries and hollers of the slaves working in cotton fields, prison chain gangs and railway gangs are seen as the precursor to the blues and to jazz.

The Black communities in New Orleans created jazz in the late 19th & early 20th centuries. Slaves were forbidden from owning drums as they were used to communicate. New Orleans was the only city where they could legally own drums. Hundred of slaves would gather each Sunday to trade, sing, dance and play music. This led to the birth of jazz.

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from *ROOTS IN SLAVERY, released November 1, 2023

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Steve Shapiro Oakland, California

Steve Shapiro has composed music for hundreds of radio and TV commercials, documentary films, infomercials and other TV programs. He was the music director at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, which produced hundreds of award-winning educational films and recordings. He has a BA in Music from Brown University and an MA in Music from the Manhattan School of Music. ... more

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