Abstract Rhythm in Time DigitalART With eremite records Father of Origin by Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society

FATHER OF ORIGIN, eremite’s acclaimed retrospective of early recordings by multi-instrumentalist, organizer, & archivist Juma Sultan & his Aboriginal Music Society, is finally available digitally. Drawn from Sultan’s mammoth private archive, the long out-of-print x2LP/x1CD boxed set, released in 2011, exposed some of the most extraordinary & explosive free jazz of its era to the light of day for the first time, including the earliest known recordings of Julius Hemphill, Frank Lowe, & Abdul Wadud. Working with Juma Sultan to debut these historical recordings remains one of the proudest achievements in the nearly 30 year history of eremite records, & it is with special thanks again, & mad love & appreciation, to Juma Sultan, that we make FATHER OF ORIGIN available digitally, for the time being, to the human clan. Explore 2024 recordings by Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society here jumasultansaboriginalmusicsociety.bandcamp.com/album/sundance "A cool, collected document of a wobbly, scratchy time." --Ben Ratliff, The New York Times "Here you get long jams – the major works here range from 18 to 48 minutes – developed on the rhythmic dialogue of Sultan and... more credits released August 23, 2024 MTE-54 Ali Abuwi: hand drums & percussion, flutes Earl Cross: trumpet, mellophone, piano Gene Dinwiddie: tenor & soprano saxophone, flute Juma Sultan: bass, hand drums & percussion, ahoudt, wooden flutes Ralph Walsh: electric guitar Philip Wilson: drum kit possible unidentified additional hand drummer/percussionist (1,2,3) unidentified background vocalists (4) MTE-55 Abuwi: hand drums & percussion Frank Lowe: tenor saxophone & percussion Sultan: bass, hand drums & percussion, alto saxophone MTE-56 Abuwi: hand drums & percussion, oboe Dinwiddie: flute Julius Hemphill: alto saxophone Rod Hicks: bass Charles "Bobo" Shaw: hand drums & percussion Sultan: bass, hand drums & percussion Abdul Wadud: cello Wilson: drum kit MTE-54 recorded 70-09-11, Intermedia Sound Studios, Boston MA MTE-55 recorded 70-04-02, AMS studio, NYC MTE-56 recorded post 1969, probable location Tinker Street Cinema, Woodstock NY producers: Juma Sultan & Michael Ehlers all music & images licensed from Juma Sultan license

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