Balkan Rhythm Band Hiawatha Music Festival Performance
| Title: | Balkan Rhythm Band Hiawatha Music Festival Performance. |
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| Name(s): |
Balkan Rhythm Band, creator Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival (Marquette, Mich.), contributor Hiawatha Music Non-Profit Corporation (Marquette, Mich.), contributor WNMU-FM (Radio station : Marquette, Mich.), contributor Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives, contributor Doehrer, Terran, creator Beck, Jim, creator Carpender, John, creator Jacobs, Donald J., creator |
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| Date Created: | 1987-07-19 | |
| Physical Form: | Radio programs | |
| Extent: | 1 item | |
| Abstract/Description: | A mid-'80s Chicago-based band that made one album for Flying Fish in 1984 titled "The Jazziest Balkan Dance Band Around." They mixed traditional jazz instrumentation with harmonica, mandolin, and non-traditional instruments like the darabuka, kaval, and roto-toms. They played both Balkan material and jazz standards like "A Night in Tunisia." The band consisted of Terran Doehrer, Jim Beck, John Carpender, and Donald J. Jacobs. | |
| Note(s): |
Performance by the artist at the Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival in Marquette, Michigan, an annual celebration of folk music; this edited version was broadcast by WNMU-FM on their program "In the Pines." |
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| Subject(s): |
Folk music Folk music festivals Marquette (Mich.) |
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| Held by: | Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives | |
| Restrictions on Access: | In copyright (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/) | |
| Is Part Of: | Hiawatha Music Cooperative Records. Identifier: MSS-405 | |
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