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Splash festival Foday Musa Suso and Women of the Calabash.

Title
Splash festival [videorecording] : Foday Musa Suso and Women of the Calabash.
Publication
1988.

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Additional Authors
  • Suso, Foday Musa.
  • Nelson, Madeleine Yayodele.
  • Women of the Calabash (Musical group)
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (111 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Foday Musa Suso plays the kora and other instruments and sings traditional West African songs and his own compositions. Women of the Calabash play various percussion instruments and perform vocal music from many parts of Africa and Surinam. Foday Musa Suso and Madeleine Yayodele Nelson discuss the instruments and songs in their performances and the cultures from which they are drawn.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Subject
  • Folk music > Africa
  • Folk music > Africa, West
  • Kora music
  • Percussion ensembles
Genre/Form
  • Music.
  • Video.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance in the Ted Shawn Theater, Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on Aug. 21, 1988.
Biography (note)
  • The Splash Festival was a two-week celebration of new dance and music at Jacob's Pillow in 1988.
Contents
Foday Musa Suso (57 min.) -- Women of the Calabash (54 min.)
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7875
OCLC
NYPT05-F62
Title
Splash festival [videorecording] : Foday Musa Suso and Women of the Calabash.
Imprint
1988.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Performer
Performers include Foday Musa Suso and Women of the Calabash: Madeleine Yayodele Nelson, Joan E. Ashley, Natalie Ransom.
Event
Videotaped in performance in the Ted Shawn Theater, Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on Aug. 21, 1988.
Biography
The Splash Festival was a two-week celebration of new dance and music at Jacob's Pillow in 1988.
Added Author
Suso, Foday Musa. Instrumentalist. voc
Nelson, Madeleine Yayodele. voc. Instrumentalist
Women of the Calabash (Musical group)
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7875
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