Griot Song 1978 Format: Performance Scores

Format: Performance Scores

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Griot Song 1978 Format: Performance ScoresComposer(s): Adolphus Hailstork Hailstorks jubilant and fascinating duo is inspired by the West African griot storytelling tradition. Hailstork writes, The griots sang and told stories, so I imagined one playing the sax accompanied by marimba, an instrument developed in Africa. The marimba drives a tricky set of almost regular patterns providing a lively accompaniment for the saxophone which plays the lead part that is sometimes lyrical and sometimes