Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres anticipated guests in Dakar: Duke Théâtre National Daniel Sorano Ellington, the legendary jazz man; Dakar, Senegal Langston Hughes, the elder statesman April 9, 1966. of African-American literature; and an ageing Josephine Baker, the ‘black Venus’ from Missouri, who had wowed Paris David Murphy, Remembering the First in the 1920s. For Senghor, these figures World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar 1966: embodied the cultural bond between Africa and people of African descent. The First World Festival of Negro It did not go unnoticed, however, that Arts, which ran from 1-24 April 1966, participants were largely drawn from an was organised against the backdrop of older generation, viewed as politically and African decolonisation and the push for aesthetically conservative by younger, civil rights in the US. More than 2,500 more militant figures. artists, musicians, performers and writers gathered in Dakar, and the festival + + + + + spanned literature, theatre, music, dance, film, as well as the visual/plastic arts. It Thanks to cosmikd for sharing the show was hailed by many commentators as the at Dime. inaugural cultural gathering of the black world... FM > Edirol R-09 (WAV) > Wavelab > FLAC (level 8, sector-align) A key story... is that of the participation Broadcast: les légendes du Jazz, France of the US delegation, which was of Musique, Sept 10, 2016 particular importance to the Senegalese poet-president Léopold Senghor. In 1930s Paris, Senghor had been inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and the jazz age to launch the Negritude movement, which promoted black pride amongst France’s colonial subjects. US participants were thus amongst the most eagerly MP3 Version 01. Black and Tan Fantasy 4:55 02. Creole Love Call/The Mooche 3:55 03. Soul Call 2:28 Senegal 1966 Duke Ellington Dakar, 04. West Indian Pancake 4:28 05. El Gato and the Matador 4:12 06. The Opener 2:55 07. La Plus Belle Africaine 12:57 08. Easy Love 7:18 09. Things Ain’t What They Used To Be 3:38 10. Dancers in Love 3:08 11. Jam With Sam 3:20 54 mins Duke Ellington - piano Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams, Herbie Jones, Mercer Ellington - trumpet Duke Ellington Dakar, Senegal 1966 Duke Ellington Dakar, Buster Cooper, Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors - trombone Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope - alto sax Paul Gonsalves - tenor sax Jimmy Hamilton - tenor sax, clarinet Harry Carney - baritone sax John Lamb - bass Naughty Dog Sam Woodyard - drums Trade Freely. Not For Sale. Naughty Dog.