Juma Sultan facts for kids

Juma Sultan (born April 13, 1942) is a talented jazz musician. He often plays the drums (percussionist) or the bass guitar. Many people know him for playing with the famous musician Jimi Hendrix at the Woodstock festival in 1969. Today, Juma plays with groups like Sankofa, Sons of Thunder, and his own Juma Sultan Band.

His Musical Journey

Juma Sultan was born in Monrovia, California, on April 13, 1942. In 1969, he played with Jimi Hendrix's band, Gypsy Sun and Rainbows, at the famous Woodstock festival. He also appeared on The Dick Cavett Show and at a special concert in Harlem, New York. Juma was interviewed for important films about Jimi Hendrix, including Jimi Hendrix and Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock. He can be heard on about 12 of Jimi Hendrix's albums released after Hendrix passed away.

Juma Sultan is skilled in many types of music, like jazz, rock, blues, and spirituals. He has been performing, producing, and recording music for many decades.

In 2006, Clarkson University worked with Juma Sultan to get a special grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. This money helped them save Juma's recordings and videos of a unique style of jazz called "avant-garde jazz" from the 1960s and 1970s. You can see this collection online at www.jumasarchive.org.

Juma has also recorded music with many other great artists. These include Archie Shepp, Noah Howard, Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Sonny Simmons, Daoud Haroon, Asha Nan, Emmeretta Marks, the Don Moore Band, and Sankofa.

Albums Juma Sultan Played On

This section lists the albums Juma Sultan has been a part of.

As a Band Leader

Juma Sultan led or co-led these albums with his group, Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society:

• Father of Origin (Eremite, 2011)
• Whispers from the Archive (Porter, 2012)

As a Guest Musician

Juma Sultan played on these albums as a guest or supporting musician:

With Sam Amidon

• The Following Mountain (Nonesuch, 2017)

With the Earl Cross Sextet

• Jazz of the Seventies: Sam Rivers Tuba Trio & Earl Cross Sextet (Circle, 1977)

With Alan Glover

• The Juice Quartet Archives Volumes 1, 2, 3 (Omolade, 2010)

With Jimi Hendrix

• The Cry of Love (Reprise, 1971)
• Rainbow Bridge (Reprise, 1971)
• Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix (Reprise, 1973)
• Crash Landing (Reprise, 1975)
• Woodstock (MCA, 1994)
• Voodoo Soup (MCA, 1995)
• First Rays of the New Rising Sun (MCA, 1997)
• South Saturn Delta (MCA, 1997)
• Live at Woodstock (MCA, 1999; deluxe edition 2010)
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience (MCA, 2000)
• Valleys of Neptune (Legacy, 2010)
• West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology (Legacy, 2010)
• People, Hell and Angels (Legacy, 2013)

With Noah Howard

• The Black Ark (Freedom, 1972)
• Live at the Village Vanguard (Freedom, 1975)

With Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre

• Kwanza (Baystate, 1978)

With Joe McPhee, Michael Bisio, and Fred Lonberg-Holm

• The Sweet Spot (RogueArt, 2021)

With Archie Shepp

• Things Have Got to Change (Impulse!, 1971)
• Attica Blues (Impulse!, 1972)

With Sonny Simmons

• Manhattan Egos (Arhoolie, 1969)

Movies and Videos

Juma Sultan has appeared in these films and video recordings:

• Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show (1969)
• Woodstock (1970)
• Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock (1992)
• Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock (1999)
• Biography - Jimi Hendrix: The Man They Made God (2000)
• Jimi Hendrix : Blues (Deluxe Version) (2010)
• Biography - Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child (2010)

Images for kids

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  Juma Sultan with Vinny Martell