Six Acre Jam, San Bernardino National Forest, 1973
Stumbling around on the interweb looking for an old Robbie Basho interview on KPFA I found this instead, an unbelievable radio segment in which Other Minds host Charles Amirkhanian reports on The Expanded Ear music conference, held on April 27-29, 1973 at the Camp de Benneville Pines, in the San Bernardino National Forest. The highlight of the conference was the Six Acre Jam, performed over a hillside by about 60 musicians and no less than ten synthesizers. Join Charles as he takes a walk through the woods interviewing performers and composers, including Richard Bunger, Barry Gott, Jacques Bekaert, Nicolas Slonimsky & Dane Rudhyar, all while the sounds of music echo from the surrounding wilderness.