Goombay Dance Band - Don't You Cry, Caroline 7 in 1984 (VG+/VG+)
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When did the Goombay genre start?
According to Wikipedia, Goombay is a music genre from the Bahamas (in addition to being the name of an instrument central to the genre).
위키피디아에 따르면, 곰베이는 바하마 출생의 음악 장르입니다 (그 장르의 중심인 악기 이름임에 더하여).
What was the first song that would today be qualified as goombay appear? And when was it created?
Who coined the term "goombay" and when?
Goombay was around from a long time in The Bahamas. The earliest reference I can discover was made by Zora Neale Hurston in 1930. She states the one of The Bahamian drummers shouted Goombay before he started playing the drum. One of the songs she mentioned that is still used today in recordings is Bimini Gal, a song that was also recorded in 1935 in the Bahamas by the Nassau String Band. You can also hear other Goombay songs played on the drums. "No Lazy man" is among many others. Goombay was the drumming rhythms and dances known by foreigners as the Fire dance in The Bahamas. African social dance and music known since the 19th century. The actual origins of the term is unknown but it is believed to derive from an African word meaning Rhythm in the Kikongo language. For example "1936 D' pleecemun hit off wun goombay on d' drum (Dupuch 42)" In 1936 Dupuch a Bahamian published a book that mentions the term Goombay. And clearly it associates goombay with the Rhythms played on the drum.