Dance of the Love Ghosts
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| Dance of the Love Ghosts | ||||
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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Gramavision | |||
| Producer | Jonathan F. P. Rose | |||
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Dance of the Love Ghosts is an album by the American musician John Carter, released in 1987.[1][2] It is the third part of Carter's Roots and Folklore: Episodes in the Development of American Folk Music series.[3]
The album is about the Middle Passage and the initial experiences of enslaved Africans.[4] It was engineered by Jim Anderson and Jim Goatly.[5] Carter incorporated electronic elements for the first time on a record.[6] He worked with musicians based mostly in New York City, including Benny Powell on trombone, Bobby Bradford on cornet, Fred Hopkins on bass, and Marty Ehrlich on clarinet.[7][8][9] Don Preston contributed on keyboards; Andrew Cyrille contributed on drums, with additional rhythms provided by three Ashanti percussionists.[10][11] Violinist Terry Jenoure sang on "The Captain's Dilemma".[12] "The Silent Drum" employs African polyrhythms.[13]
