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The Big Bang: In the Beginning Was a Drum

Various Artists

Initial release : 1994

Ellipsis Arts

This wide ranging 3 CD compilation that focuses on percussion based music includes one track from Mickey Hart's Planet Drum album.

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Tracks / Musicians

The tracks and performers on this compilation are as follows.

Disc 1;

  • Monkey Business (Excerpt) - Bernie Krause
  • Rhythms of the Cook Islands - Tumuenua
  • Giovanni's Solo/Obatala - Batacumvele
  • Village - Mino Cenelu and George Jinda
  • Daitenryu - Suwa-Daiko Hozankai
  • Oshika - Mustapha Tetty Addy
  • Rain - Glen Velez
  • Over And Under A Theme Of Mark Isham's - Terry Bozzio
  • Udu Chant - Mickey Hart
  • A Quality of Seven - Masters Of Percussion
  • Orgun - Nurudafina Pili Abena
  • Jimdance - Tommy Hayes
  • Awo - Gasper Lawal
  • Hein-Sa - Reinhard Flatischler and Samulnori
  • Topsy, Pt. 3 - Funhouse
  • Amazon Days/Amazon Nights (Excerpt) - Bernie Krause
Disc 2;
  • Amazon Days/Amazon Nights (Excerpt) - Bernie Krause
  • Water Drums 1 - Baka Forest People
  • Limbadji Toko - Fatala
  • Aruande - Dudu Tucci
  • Tempest - Michael Shrieve
  • N'Nang (Stranger) - The Voodoo Gang
  • Sekatian Gilakan - Sekehe Gong Windu Karya Putpa
  • Karn Evil 9 (Drum Solo) - Emerson, Lake and Palmer
  • Old Man's Song - Airto Moreira
  • Feliz Navidad - Patato
  • Egurraren Kanta - Joxan Goikoetxea/Juan Mari Beltran
  • Kassahwa - Stella Rambisai Chiweshe
  • Fortress - Avo Chakhlasyan
  • Puppet Show - Ming-Chun Puppet Troupe
  • Chang on Jew's Harp - Misri Khan
  • Amazon Days/Amazon Nights (Excerpt) - Bernie Krause
Disc 3;
  • Amazon Days/Amazon Nights (Excerpt) - Bernie Krause
  • Ajaja - Babatunde Olatunji
  • Hojita De Limon - Street Music
  • Yamuna - Karnataka College Of Percussion
  • Patron Mousso - Farafina
  • Dance - Jorge Reyes
  • Wandenza - Amampondo
  • Fueyang Drum - Orchestra Of Chinese Central Music College
  • Saa - Ladji Camara
  • Intertribal Dance Song - LCO Soldier's Drum
  • Last Chance to Stomp (Excerpt) - Jack DeJohnette
  • Do Zarbi, Se Zarbi - Hossain Tehrani
  • Drum Solo On The Zerbaghali - Malang And Mohammad Akram Rohnawaz
  • Amazon Days/Amazon Nights (Excerpt) - Bernie Krause
The musicians on Udu Chant, which is taken from Mickey Hart's Planet Drum, are;
  • Sikiru Adepoju - cowbell
  • Mickey Hart - bass drum, snare drum, hoop drum, tambourine, triangle, beam, vocals
  • Zakir Hussain - udu drum, balafon, tabla
  • Airto Moreira - tamanco, bird calls, whistles, conch shell, claps, chimes, vocals
Credits

  • Producers - Mickey Hart, Jorge Reyes,Michael Shrieve, Kay Gardner, Jorge Dalto, Jack DeJohnette, Greg Lake, Angelo Romero,Mustapha Tettey Addy, Dudu Tucci, David Beal, Terry Bozzio, Mino Cinelu, Martin Cradick, Verna Gillis, Don Graham, Zakir Hussain, Tom Hayes, Orrin Keepnews, Marlon Klein, Gaspar Lawal, Rene Lopez,Suso Saiz, John A. Schaefer, Michel Schaer, Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Paco Ye, Overdrive Addy, Vera Brandes, Ahad Chaman-Ara, Patrick Lee-Thorp, Terence O'Neil-Joyce, Stepan Partamian, Wang San-Ti, Ming-Chun Sheng, Voodoo Gang, Womad
  • Engineers - Christine Bronder, Michael Demark, George Wellington
For the original recording of Udu Chant;
  • Producer - Mickey Hart
  • Co-producer - Sikiru Adepoju, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim, T.H. Vanayakram
  • Recording, mix down engineers - Tom Flye, Jeff Sterling
  • Recorded and mixed at Studio X, Sonoma County, California
Related releases

Udu Chant is taken from;

Old Man's Song is taken from; Ajaja is taken from; A selection of the tracks from this compilation was subsequently released on;

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