Global InformationFather of Origin information
| Father of Origin | ||||
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| Studio album by Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society | ||||
| Released | 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 1970–1971 | |||
| Studio | Intermedia Sound Studios, Boston, Massachusetts; AMS studio, New York City; Tinker Street Cinema, Woodstock New York | |||
| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Label | Eremite MTE-54/55/56 | |||
| Producer | Michael Ehlers | |||
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Father of Origin is a box set album by multi-instrumentalist Juma Sultan and his open-ended ensemble the Aboriginal Music Society. Drawn from Sultan's archive of recorded material, and released by Eremite Records in 2011, it consists of two vinyl LPs, a CD, and a book containing photos and an extensive essay by jazz scholar Michael Heller, all of which help to document aspects of the loft jazz era of the early 1970s.[1][2][3]
The first LP of the set was recorded on September 31, 1970, at Intermedia Sound Studios in Boston, Massachusetts, and features Sultan on a variety of instruments, joined by his primary musical partner at the time, percussionist Ali Abuwi, along with saxophonist Gene Dinwiddie, trumpeter Earl Cross, electric guitarist Ralph Walsh, and drummer Phillip Wilson. On the second LP, recorded on April 2, 1971, at AMS studio in New York City, we hear a trio composed of Sultan, Abuwi, and saxophonist Frank Lowe. (Side one of this LP is played at 33 rpm, while side two is played at 45 rpm.) The CD, recorded "post 1969" at Tinker Street Cinema in Woodstock, New York, documents a meeting during which members of Sultan's organization (Sultan, Abuwi, Dinwiddie, and Wilson) played with musicians from the Black Artists Group, based in St. Louis, Missouri, and featuring saxophonist Julius Hemphill, cellist Abdul Wadud, bassist Rod Hicks, and percussionist Charles "Bobo" Shaw.[1][2]
The album title is related to Sultan's concept of "Aboriginal Music", and refers to his search for the music's "Father of Origin" (interpreting the root of "aboriginal" as "abba", or father).[4]
Eremite customers who purchased the first 100 copies of Father of Origin also received a 7" release that featured "dub" remixes of two of the album's tracks, created by Joshua Abrams.[5]
- ^ a b "Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society - Father of Origin". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ a b "Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society: Father of Origin". Eremite Records. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ "Eremite Records discography". JazzLists. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ Rosenstein, Michael (December 2011). "On Eremite". Paris Transatlantic. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ "Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society/Joshua Abrams: AMS dub". Eremite Records. Retrieved September 3, 2023.