With start-up funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and Clarkson University, this project begins the process of preserving an archive of unpublished photos, films, and hundreds of live audio recordings of American jazz artists from what is commonly referred to as the avant-garde or the “loft jazz” era of the late 1960′s and 1970′s, all originally developed and collected by musician, social activist, and documentarian, Juma Sultan.

The Audio and Video Samples in the Site

Because the full-length audio recordings and film/video recordings currently in this digital archive are both privately owned and under the control of copyright, we provide only short samples of both in this website.

For queries about this website, please contact

Stephen D. Farina, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Communication & Media Department
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY 13699-5760
315-268-6484 or -6489
sdf@clarkson.edu

Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Ph.D.
Professor
Communication & Media Department
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY 13699-5760
315-268-6488
johndan@clarkson.edu

This website has been designed by Kyle Pulver with help from Johndan Johnson-Eilola. The site was further developed by James Olney. The site was then recreated by Sean McDonald in WordPress. The content for this site has been developed by Stephen D. Farina and Johndan Johnson-Eilola in coordination with Juma Sultan. Further consultation on content was provided by Michael Heller. Additional website development help was provided by Jeff Strader.