Robert Garfias recordings: Bessie Jones & the Georgia Sea Island Singers, 1969-05

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Garfias, Robert
Title
Robert Garfias recordings: Bessie Jones & the Georgia Sea Island Singers
Dates
1969-05
Quantity
2 items  :  EC - 1 reel (3 3/4 ips, 1/2 tr. mono (recorded 1 side only); 1 WAV file (48 kHz, 24-bit); Duration: 00:10:01
Collection Number
1969009
Summary
Performance by Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers, recorded in Berkeley, California, KPFA Radio, May 1969.
Repository
University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Access is restricted.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Robert Garfias was born in San Francisco in 1932, the child of Mexican-American parents. As a youngster he studied classical guitar and jazz saxophone. In high school he studied Western classical music composition, and he formed a jazz combo that played gigs for beatniks in the North Beach area of San Francisco, where he traveled in a circle of musicians that included Dave Brubeck, Vince Delgado, Vince Guaraldi, Harry Partch, and Bill Smith. During his career he founded the ethnomusicology program at the University of Washington; served as Dean of Arts at the University of California, Irvine, as a member of the Smithsonian Council, and as a presidential appointee to the U.S. National Council for the Arts; and conducted significant periods of fieldwork and language study in Japan, Okinawa, Korea, the Philippines, Mexico, Zimbabwe, Central America, Burma, Romania, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, and among Okinawans in the United States.

- Society for Ethnomusicology Newsletter (Vol. 7, No. 4, September 2013)

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

EC analog reel digitized 10/2016 (48 kHz, 24-bit) - 69-9.1.wav (10:01)

Contents: 1)There is Happiness Somewhere; 2) Short interview with Bessie Jones; 3) Let My Children Go.

This tape was sent to Robert Garfias (from KPFA?)

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Description Dates
1969009-0001
1 film : Tracks: 3
1969-07-17

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • African Americans--North America--Regional and Ethnic Cultures
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Folk music--United States
  • Gospel Music
  • Gospel singers--United States
  • Radio

Geographical Names

  • North America
  • United States

Form or Genre Terms

  • Interviews
  • Radio programs
  • Sound Recordings

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Jones, Bessie (performer)
    Corporate Names
    • Sea Island Singers (performer)