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Harold E. Smith

As a multitalented musician, Harold E. Smith makes music out of anything he picks up. He plays drums, wind and percussion instruments from every continent, gongs, whistles, flutes and the traditional Australian Didjeridoo. In the jazz domain, Harold is noted for his highly energized, emotional, and innovative style of drumming, both as a leader and sideman. In all domains, Harold Smith is a person deeply in touch with the spirit of nature and the nature of our spirit. The first time he picked up the didjeridoo, he could play it. When he plays, he is always in conversation with the Great Spirit

Whispers from the Archive

By Harold E. Smith

Label: Motown
Released: 2013
Track listing: 1. AMS – 20:45; 02. Shake Your Money Maker – 1:27; 03. Darn My Socks – 8:55; 04. Sundance and Hand Clapping – version I – 1:33; 05. She Made Me Feel Like Glory – Part I – 19:20; 06. Sundance and Hand Clapping – version II – 9:02; 07. She Made Me Feel Like Glory – Part II – 4:37.

Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society: Whispers from the Archive

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 24, 2013

Il poli-strumentista Juma Sultan ha accumulato negli anni della sua lunga carriera un enorme archivio sonoro, ora a disposizione delle giovani generazioni, in grado così di documentarsi su una lunga stagione reietta della musica afroamericana, a cavallo tra i '60 e i '70. Fondatore del collettivo a formazione variabile Aboriginal Music Society, sodale di Jimi Hendrix ...

The Didjdude Harold E. Smith Carves out a Niche

by AAJ Staff
December 17, 2003

Mt. Airy resident Harold E. Smith holds a novel position as Philadelphia's premiere didjeridoo player. (Maybe the only one.) Didjeridoo? The didj is an ancient aboriginal instrument'a eucalyptus tree whose center has been hollowed out by insects. 'The initial hole is made by white ants, termites,' explains Smith. 'Nobody goes down there and digs that hole ...