Name
Juma, 1942- (Former owner,Instrumentalist)
Cross, Earl (Instrumentalist)
Title
Nature sounds recording, T0163
Collection Name
Juma Sultan papers
Archival Context
Series III: Audio Recordings. Box no. 8, Item no. T0163
Format
sound recordings; music
Genre
Experimental music; Soundscapes (Music); Nature sounds; Improvisations (Music)
Origin Information
Woodstock (N.Y.)
Date
undated (between 1965 and 1969)
Physical Description
2 audio files (file 1: 27 minutes; file 2: 27 minutes)
Note
Original format: 1/4" open-reel audio
Donor notes: "Natures Sounds" on front. Juma remembers the date. He would recorded sounds - in this case frogs and dogs, and then play along with them - either live oflater in the studio. Remembers the piano as being the inside of a piano that was loc ated near a lake. Also remembers one of the percussion secions (track 9, 15min) as a set of tuned tin cans that he had near the lake.
Performance Location: Group 212, Woodstock, NY
Note (Musicians/instruments)
1. Juma Sultan (piano, percussion, ahoudt); 2. Frogs (croaking); 3. Dogs (barking); 4. Earl Cross (voice audible, bamboo flute)
Language
No linguistic content
Contents
Nature's Sounds
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
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Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/xmh3-ds88