Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Suso, Foday Musa.
2. Nelson, Madeleine Yayodele.
3. Women of the Calabash (Musical group)
4. Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (111 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. 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

1. Gift of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Subject

1. Folk music > Africa, West
2. Percussion ensembles
3. Kora music
4. Folk music > Africa
5. Music
6. Video

Genre/Form

1. Music.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Foday Musa Suso (57 min.) -- Women of the Calabash (54 min.)

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-7875

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance in the Ted Shawn Theater, Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on Aug. 21, 1988.

Biography (note)

1. The Splash Festival was a two-week celebration of new dance and music at Jacob's Pillow in 1988.

Title

1. Splash festival [videorecording] : Foday Musa Suso and Women of the Calabash.

Imprint

1. 1988.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Performer

1. Performers include Foday Musa Suso and Women of the Calabash: Madeleine Yayodele Nelson, Joan E. Ashley, Natalie Ransom.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance in the Ted Shawn Theater, Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on Aug. 21, 1988.

Biography

1. The Splash Festival was a two-week celebration of new dance and music at Jacob's Pillow in 1988.

Added author

1. Suso, Foday Musa. Instrumentalist. voc
2. Nelson, Madeleine Yayodele. voc. Instrumentalist
3. Women of the Calabash (Musical group)
4. Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-7875