Carnival Coon Minstrels - Hanover Street Medley
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Channel: Jan Tak · 2011 · Music
An old 78 record with the Carnival Coon Minstrels performing a medley of typical traditional tunes. http://soulsafari.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/zulu-motor-trophies-2011-carnival-... This kind of minstrel music is common amongst the Cape "Coloured" community in South Africa and examples of it may be found when thousands of "Kaapse Klopse" swarm thought Cape Town during the annual "Second New Year" carnival. The fact that "Goema" music could seem similar to Dixieland might not be accidental -- according to one story, the carnival was inspired by a group of African-American minstrels who docked in Cape Town in the late 1800s and entertained the locals with their spontaneous musical performances. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaapse_Klopse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goema http://johnedwinmason.typepad.com/john_edwin_mason_photogra/cape-town-new-years-carnival-frequently-asked-questions-faq.html http://www.henrytrotter.com/scholarship/minstrel-carnival.html See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixieland
