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Acevedo Álvarez, Raziel. “LAS DANZAS O RITMOS DE GUANACASTE; UNA AMALGAMA DE SONIDOS Y FORMAS QUE REFLEJAN UN PASADO CULTURAL COMPLETO.” Unpublished manuscript (received from the author, May 16, 2024)

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Discography

Selected discography that served as inspiration 

*Music cited in this work

Blackwell, Ed, and Dewey Redman. Red And Black in Willisau. Black Saint, 1985.

Camara, Ladji. Africa, New York Drum Masterpieces. LYRCD 7345, 1975. 

Craig Taborn Trio. Chants. ECM, 2013

Fly Trio. Year of The Snake. ECM, 2012.

Gerville, Meddy. Jazz Amwin. Musik Export Association, 2006.

Graves, Milford. Grand Unification. Tzadik, 1998.

Keita, Mamady, and Special Guest Famoudou Konaté. Hamanah. Fonti Musicali, 1996.

*Malpaís. Un Día Lejano 1. Papaya Music, 2009. 

N’Diaye Rose, Doudou. Djabote. Real World Music, 1994.

Pygmées. Congo: Polyphonies Pygmées Du Nord-Congo — Congo: Pygmy Polyphonies    From North Congo. VDE-Gallo, 2011.

Ravitz, Ziv, and Lionel Loueke. Within this Stone. Intuition, 2022.

*Shetrit, Yogev. New Path. Digipack, CD, 2016.

Various Artists. Ewe Music of Ghana. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1969.

Various Artists. Swaziland: Songs of the Swazi. VDE-Gallo, 2009.

Virelles, David. Continuum. Pi Recordings, 2012.

Virelles, David. Gnosis. ECM, 2017.

Virelles, David. Mbókò. ECM, 2014.

Zenón, Miguel. Música De Las Américas. Miel Music, 2022

*Ziad, Karim. Ifrikya. ACT, 2001.

VIDEOS

Zimmerli, Lukas. “Mendiani - "Denaben Dundun", "Den" & “Bundiani”. YouTube, February 25, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNfBG2At9io&t=208s

Azawan. “Azawan (jazz et chaâbi) - Ya Noudjoum Ellil (Cheikh El Hasnaoui)”. YouTube, June 27, 2023. https://youtu.be/mYW67__nYNI 

Aylon, Ben. “ROSE RHYTHM • Ben Aylon & Les Rosettes (Doudou Ndiaye Rose)”. YouTube, January 26, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LjeicLKBd0 

Pitar, Elvis. “Cantos Indigenas Bribris, Talamanca- Costa Rica. Cantos con Tambor Bribri. Elvis Pitar”. YouTube, October 26, 2019. https://youtu.be/Yutc6rNWDBY?si=HFZi0UhWFRjIs7HY 

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