Harold Courlander

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Harold Courlander

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American novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist (September 18, 1908, Indianapolis, USA - March 15, 1996).

Courlander specialised in, among others, oral literature, cults, and Afro-American cultural connections with Africa.
From 1947 to 1960, he served as a general editor of the [l221873] for [l20694].

ALBUMS

Jack Moyles, Harold Courlander

Hopi Tales from Harold Courlander's Book "People of the Short Blue Corn"

1971, LP, Folkways Records

Harold Courlander

The World Of Man - Vol. Two: Religions

1966, 10", Album, RE, Folkways Records

Harold Courlander

Ashanti Folktales From Ghana

Harold Courlander, Augusta Baker

Uncle Bouqui Of Haiti

1959, 10", Folkways Records

Harold Courlander

Courlander's Almanac: Familiar Music in Strange Places

1956, LP, Folkways Records

Harold Courlander

The World Of Man - Vol. 1: His Work

Harold Courlander

African & Afro - American Drums – Edited By Harold Courtlander

Harold Courlander, Various

Ring Games From Alabama

Harold Courlander

Folk Tales From Indonesia

Harold Courlander

Folk Tales From West Africa

Story/Spoken Word

Harold Courlander

Tales Of The Hopi Indians

LP, Spoken Arts,

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

2009, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Not Now Music

Folk Music Of The Western Congo

Colin M. Turnbull And Francis S. Chapman

Music Of The Ituri Forest

Louise Lightfoot

Ritual Music Of Manipur

Traditional Folk Dances Of Japan

1959, LP, Album, Folkways Records

The Pygmies Of The Ituri Forest* - Recorded By Colin M. Turnbull and Francis S. Chapman

The Pygmies Of The Ituri Forest

1958, LP, Album, Folkways Records, Ethnic Folkways Library

Rumanian Songs And Dances

Field Recording/Folk

The Big Drum Dance Of Carriacou

Wolof Music Of Senegal And The Gambia

Tribal Music Of Australia

Burmese Folk And Traditional Music

Folk Music Of Yugoslavia

Maori Songs Of New Zealand

Folk Music Of Rumania

APPEARANCES +

Oliva*, Boisseau*

2024, CD, Album, Vision Fugitive

Anything Goes (The Complete 1952-1960)

2022, Box + 4xCD, Comp, Mono, Frémeaux & Associés,

2021, 6xFile, FLAC, Album, 24 , Not On Label (Fugu Quintet Self-released)

Tuareg Music Of The Southern Sahara

Field Recording

Haiti Vodou 1937-1962 Folk Trance Possession (Ritual Music From The First Black Republic)

2016, 3xCD, Comp, RM, Frémeaux & Associés, Musée Du Quai Branly,

Field Recording/African

2016, 2xCD, Hoob Jazz

Roots Of Funk (1947-1962)

2015, 3xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Afro-Cuban/Bayou Funk/Boogaloo/Cha-Cha/Cubano/Descarga/Funk/Jazz-Funk/Mambo/Son/Latin Jazz/Soul

The 75 Best Jazz Tracks Of The Early 1960's

2015, 6xCD, Comp + Box, Chrome Dreams,

Post Bop/Modal/Jazz-Funk

Out Of The Cool Into The Hot

2015, CD, Comp, RM, Impulse!,

Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

Jac Berrocal, David Fenech, Vincent Epplay

Experimental/Punk/Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Industrial/Electro

Out Of The Cool... Into The Hot

2012, Comp + CD, Album, RM + CD, Album, RM, Not Now Music,

Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

Une Anthologie 1946 / 1957

2010, 2xCD, Comp, Nocturne,

Big Band/Cool Jazz

Notes De Voyage: Les Musiques De Corto Maltese

2009, 3xCD, Comp, Num, Casterman,

Folk/African/Celtic/Flamenco/Hawaiian/Pacific/Baião/Candombe/Cumbia/Rumba/Tango/Big Band/Ragtime/Swing/Chanson/Music Hall/Vocal/Renaissance/Baroque/Romantic/Modern/Opera/Pipe & Drum/Soundtrack/Religious/Field Recording/Interview

Worlds Of Sound CD Sampler

2008, CD, Comp, Ltd, Smplr, Smithsonian Folkways,

Field Recording/Folk/Gospel/Interview/Spoken Word/Klezmer

Helen Merrill & Dream Of You

2007, CD, Comp, Rev-Ola,

Folk Music Of Haiti

2007, CDr, Smithsonian Folkways Archival

Susanne Abbuehl

Contemporary Jazz

Le Regine - L'Altra Metà Del Jazz: Le Grandi Voci

2004, CD, Comp, DeAgostini, DeAgostini,

2003, CD, Comp, Vinyl Japan,

Acoustic/Downtempo/Jazzdance/Indie Pop

Maria Raducanu*, Vlaicu Golcea, Sorin Romanescu

Classic Jazz: The Sixties

Jeanne Lee And Ran Blake

"The Newest Sound Around"

2000, Vinyl Gatefold,

Vocal/Ballad/Gospel/Modal/Impressionist

Priceless Jazz Sampler 2

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Cool Jazz

A Collection Of 14 Unforgettable Master Recordings

1997, LP, Comp, Polydor,

Big Band/Easy Listening

Crossroads: Southern Routes

1996, CD, Comp, Enh, Smithsonian Folkways

Black Coffee And Other Delights - The Decca Anthology

Easy Listening/Vocal

Blues Masters, Volume 10: Blues Roots

Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues/African

The Monday Night Orchestra

Playing The Music Of Gil Evans Live At Sweet Basil

Contemporary Jazz

Helen Merrill / Gil Evans

Dream Of You / Summertime

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Vocal

Helen Merrill - Gil Evans

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Vocal

The Complete Helen Merrill On Mercury

1986, 4x CD, Box Set,

Wonderland By Night

Weekend With Keith Tippett

Live At Ronnie Scott's

Cool Jazz/Smooth Jazz

Where Flamingos Fly

Big Band/Latin Jazz/Fusion

Ucraina (Musiche E Canti Popolari = Music & Folksongs = Musique Et Chants Du Folklore)

1979, Cass, Comp, Albatros (2)

Ucraina (Musiche E Canti Popolari = Music & Folksongs = Musique Et Chants Du Folklore)

Gil Evans / Gary McFarland

The Great Arrangers

Sound Pleasure - A Prelude To Active Listening.

1977, LP, Comp, Smplr, Schirmer Books,

Swing/Serial/Romantic/Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues/Renaissance/Ragtime/Post-Modern/Piano Blues/Neo-Romantic/Modern Classical/Marches/Indian Classical/Hard Bop/Free Jazz/Folk/Experimental/Country/Contemporary/Classic Rock/Big Band/Baroque/Avantgarde/Avant-garde Jazz/African/Acoustic/Field Recording/Early/Brass Band/Medieval

Recordings For Sound Pleasure

The King's Singers

The King's Singers Swing

Easy Listening With Bert Kaempfert & James Last

1974, 9x Vinyl,

Rumba/Samba/Salsa/Schlager/Mambo/Country/Easy Listening

Hi-Fi Stereo For The Millions - 1

Folk Music Of Rumania

Le Origini Del Jazz

1966, 7", Fratelli Fabbri Editori, Fratelli Fabbri Editori

Music Of India: Traditional & Classical

Sioux (3) / Navajo

Music Of The Sioux And The Navajo

Music Down Home: An Introduction To Negro Folk Music, U.S.A.

Dock Reed And Vera Hall Ward*

Spirituals With Dock Reed And Vera Hall Ward

The Blues Project

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra*

Dreaming In Wonderland

Easy Listening/Big Band

Bert Kaempfert Et Son Orchestre*

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra*

Afrikaan Beat And Other Favorites

Music Of Thailand

Thai Classical/Folk

Folk Dances Of Greece

Music Of The World's Peoples Volume 5

1961, Box + 2xLP, Comp, Folkways Records

Songs And Pipes Of The Hebrides

Trio Aguilillas*

Sones Of Mexico

Music Of The Russian Middle East - Recorded In Azerbaijan, Uzbek, Bukhara, Armenia

Field Recording/Folk

The Gil Evans Orchestra*

Out Of The Cool

Arabic And Druse Music

Field Recording

Exotic Paradise

1960, LP, Album, Mahalo Records,

Space-Age/Easy Listening/Pacific

Hi Neighbor 1960

1960, 10", Album, UNICEF

Caribbean Folk Music Volume 1

Sings Ballads And The Blues

Danny Kaye Tells 6 Stories From Faraway Places

Folk Music U.S.A.: Vol. 1

1959, 2xLP, Comp + Box, Folkways Records, Ethnic Folkways Library,

Field Recording/Bluegrass/Cajun/Folk

Traditional Music Of Peru

Music Of South Arabia

Africa - South Of The Sahara

1958, 2xLP, Folkways Records

Music Of The World's Peoples, Volume Four

I Don't Know Enough About You / Where Flamingos Fly

1957, 7", Single, Tri, Brunswick

Cajun Songs From Louisiana

1956, LP, Folkways Records,

Drums Of The Yoruba Of Nigeria

Folk Music From Italy

Folk Music Of Jamaica

Various Recorded By Wolfgang Laade and Dieter Christensen

Lappish Joik Songs From Northern Norway

Man's Early Musical Instruments

Negro Folk Music Of Alabama Volume VI - Ring Game Songs & Others

Sonny Terry's Washboard Band

Indian Music Of The Canadian Plains

African & Afro-American Drums

1954, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, gat, Ethnic Folkways Library

African & Afro-American Drums

The Eskimos Of Hudson Bay And Alaska

Folk Music Of... Norway

Folk Music Of The Amami Islands

Folk Music Of India

Emerante De Pradines* / Michele Dejean Group

Creole Songs Of Haiti

Edward M. Weyer, Jr

Music From Mato Grosso, Brazil

Douglas G. Haring

Japanese Buddhist Ritual

Drums Of The Yoruba Of Nigeria

1953, LP, Mono, Folkways Records

Lolita Cuevas, Frantz Casseus

Haitian Folk Songs

Ring Games: Line Games And Play Party Songs Of Alabama

Folk Music Of The Mediterranean

Folk And Traditional Music Of Turkey

Field Recording

Folk Music Of Japan

Religious Music Of India

Songs And Dances Of Haiti

Seri / Cora (8) / Yaqui / Huichol / Tzotzil Recorded By Henrietta Yurchenco

Indian Music Of Mexico

Folk Music Of Ethiopia

1951, 4xShellac, 10", Album, Disc Records

Music Of The American Indians Of The Southwest

Negro Folk Music Of Africa And America

Music Of Southeast Asia

Hungarian Folk Songs

1950, 4x10", Folkways Records

Hungarian Folk Songs

Negro Folk Music Of Alabama: Religious

Folk Music Of Haiti

Music Of Equatorial Africa

Calypso And Meringues

Folk Music Of Spain

Field Recording/Quechua/Folk

Cult Music Of Cuba

Folk Music Of Haiti

1947, 4xShellac, 10", Album, Disc Records

Cuban Cult Music

1947, 3xShellac, 10", Album, Disc Records,

Ride with the Sun

LP, Album, Not On Label (John Clements Self-released),

LP, Comp, Reader's Digest,

Rumba/Samba/Salsa/Schlager/Mambo/Country/Easy Listening

Music Of Southeast Asia

LP, Comp, RP, Folkways Records

LP, Comp, Reader's Digest, Polydor,

Rumba/Samba/Salsa/Schlager/Mambo/Country/Easy Listening

Indian Music Of The Upper Amazon

The Black Caribs Of Honduras

Negro Folk Music Of Alabama Volume 1 - Secular

Negro Folk Music Of Alabama - Rich Amerson, II

Helen Merrill Sings With Orchestras Arranged And Conducted By Gil Evans And Hal Mooney

Cool Jazz/Vocal

Hi Neighbor Record 3

Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra

This Is Bert Kaempfert

Instrumental/Big Band/Easy Listening

Folk Music Of France

Vocal, Harmonica And Washboard Band

Harmonica Blues

Larger Than Life

1968, LP, Album, Holt's Impact

L'Épopée Du Far-West