Direction artistique, Bruno Blum, préfacé par Christiane Taubira.

" Chants de travail, musiques rituelles ou festives, les musiques et rythmes issus de l'esclavage ont considérablement marqué les musiques populaires américaines. Dans un livret/appareil critique de 44 pages, Bruno Blum juxtapose et commente des titres inspirés par cet héritage à des interprétations de morceaux composés à l'époque de l'esclavage.
Il montre leurs influences du Congo aux Caraïbes, du Brésil aux États-Unis. Des chants d'espoir à l'abolition et jusqu'au mouvement des Droits Civiques ou l'éclosion du free jazz, ces musiques intenses expriment tant la résilience humaine que l'espérance.
Elles retracent le parcours de l'un des événements socioculturels majeurs de notre histoire. " - Patrick Frémeaux, Présentation Frémeaux & Associés


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SLAVERY : AFRICA - KABONDO MUSAMBO WA CHANGACHANGA - LULUA MEN - CHANT D'INVITATION À LA DANSE - MABOUDANA & BADOLO. WELCOME TO AMERICA - BID ‘EM IN - OSCAR BROWN JR. - DRIVA' MAN - MAX ROACH W/ABBEY LINCOLN - HOW COME ME HERE? - MICHEL LARUE - THE SLAVE - THE MIGHTY SPARROW. FORCED LABOR - BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN - MICHEL LARUE - EARLY IN THE MORNIN' - 22 - SONG OF THE COTTON FIELD - DUKE ELLINGTON - OLD ALABAMA - B.B. - CARRIE BELLE - JOHN DAVIS - WORKING MAN - BO DIDDLEY - M'PAS BWÈ M'PAS MANGÉ - LIBERA BORDEREAU & TI YOGAN - THE BUZZARD LOPE - BESSIE JONES - HARD TIMES IN OL' VIRGINIA - JOHN DAVIS - SAY BOSS MAN - BO DIDDLEY. SLAVE ENTERTAINMENT - BAGAI SALA QUE POCHERY MOIN - JULES SIMS - DON'T BREAK IT I SAY - KING RADIO, THE TIGER, THE LION - L'ÉTÉ - ENSEMBLE DE QUADRILLE GUADELOUPÉEN - JOHN CANOE MUSIC - JOHN CANOE GROUP - TO-WA-BAC-A-WAY, THE INDIAN RACE - MARDI GRAS INDIANS - BAMBOULA - DANSE DES NÈGRES OP. 2 (L. M. GOTTSCHALK) - EUGENE LIST.


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SONGS OF FREEDOM : CANDOMBLÉ, OBEAH, VOODOO, SANTERIA - MACUMBA DE OXÓSSI - ZÉ ESPINGUELA E GRUPO DO RAE ALUFA - LA FAMILLE LI FAIT ÇA - LENA HIBBERT - VOODOO BLUES - RED SAUNDERS - COTÉ YO, COTÉ YO - LIBERA BORDEREAU - TELE MINA FOR CHANGO - MONGO SANTAMARIA - IF DEATH HAS POWER - MARCUS GARVEY - ZOMBIE JAMBOREE - THE TALBOT BROTHERS. NEGRO SPIRITUALS & SLAVE SONGS - THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE - MICHEL LARUE - MOSES - JOHN DAVIS - BETTER DAY A-COMING - MICHEL LARUE - TURKLE DOVE - BESSIE JONES - LIVE HUMBLE - JOHN DAVIS - SUMMERTIME/SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD - MAHALIA JACKSON - MASSA'S IN THE COLD COLD GROUND - THE GOLDEN GATE JUBILEE QUARTET - SHADRACK - LOUIS ARMSTRONG - MARCH ON - MICHEL LARUE - SEE AUNT DINAH - BESSIE JONES - LINK O'DAY - MICHEL LARUE - THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD - ANN GRIMES. CIVIL WAR & ABOLITION - ABOLITIONIST HYMN - HERMES NYE - MARCHING SONG (OF THE FIRST ARKANSAS NEGRO REGIMENT) - TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - LINCOLN AND LIBERTY - HERMES NYE - BABYLON GONE - WINSTON & ROY W/COUNT OSSIE - FREEDOM - CLANCY ECCLES - FREEDOM DAY - MAX ROACH W/ABBEY LINCOLN - FREE - THE PAUL BLEY QUINTET W/ORNETTE COLEMAN.

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RACIAL SEGREGATION & MODERN SLAVERY : JIM CROW - THE GREAT GRANDFATHER - BO DIDDLEY - CHAIN GANG - SAM COOKE - PRETTIEST TRAIN - 22 - WORK SONG - OSCAR BROWN, JR. - JIM CROW - THE UNION BOYS - OL' MAN RIVER - PAUL ROBESON - MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS - PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - ANOTHER MAN DONE GONE - VERA HALL - LEVEE CAMP BLUES - ROBERT PETE WILLIAMS - HOW LONG MUST I BE YOUR SLAVE - JOHN LEE HOOKER - DRY BONES IN THE VALLEY - THE REVEREND J.M. GATES - BABYLON DID IT - MARCUS GARVEY. PROMISED LAND - BACK TO AFRICA - SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT - SISTER OLA MAE TERRELL - GO DOWN MOSES - THE EBONY THREE - TWO WINGS - THE SOUTHERN SONS - WE BELIEVE IN THE GOD OF ETHIOPIA - MARCUS GARVEY - GOING HOME TO ZION LAND - COUNT OSSIE W/WAREIKA - DON'T ROCK THE BOAT - THE CHARIOTEERS - MARCHING UP TO ZION - THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA - I'M GOING BACK TO AFRICA - LORD INVADER - LIBERIA - JOHN COLTRANE - WE'LL ANCHOR BYE AND BYE - THE SOUTHERN SONS - YOU GOT TO MOVE - THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA - DON'T TURN ME FROM YOUR DOOR (I'M A PILGRIM) - JOHN LEE HOOKER.