There's music that was played on the first edition of New Sounds, Sept. 3, 1982, with music by ambient pioneer Brian Eno with and without guitarist, composer, and producer Robert Fripp; multi-disciplinary artist Laurie Anderson; and American minimalist composer Steve Reich. Also, minimalist composer Philip Glass makes a special appearance and presents music from the World Festival of Sacred Music.
From the World Festival of Sacred Music, co-curated by Philip Glass, and recorded in 2001 at Merkin Hall, listen to the sweet sounds of a trombone shout choir, The McCollough Sons of Thunder, led by Elder Edward Babb; a solo improvisation by Native American flutist of Navajo and Ute heritage R. Carlos Nakai, and a call to prayer by Kuwaiti-born Egyptian-American Sufi imam, author, and activist Faisal Abdul Rauf. Plus, the pop-inflected, fun, and difficult-to-categorize music of the Penguin Café Orchestra, an ensemble led by the late Simon Jeffes, and more.
PROGRAM #2067, The New Sounds 20th Anniversary Show (First aired September 3, 2002)
ARTIST: Brian Eno
WORK: Julie With… [1:00]
RECORDING: Before and After Science
SOURCE: EG ENO-4
INFO: Re-released by Astralwerks, and available on Amazon.com
ARTIST: Fripp & Eno
WORK: Wind on Water [4:42]
RECORDING: Evening Star
SOURCE: Discipline Global Mobile, Island Records, Caroline
INFO: Available at AppleMusic, Amazon.com, YouTube, and Spotify
ARTIST: Laurie Anderson
WORK: O Superman [5:21]
RECORDING: United States Live
SOURCE: Warner Brothers
INFO: Available at AppleMusic, Amazon.com, YouTube, and Spotify
ARTIST: Michael Riesman
WORK: Glassworks: Rubric [6:03]
RECORDING: Glassworks
SOURCE: Sony Classical Masterworks #90394
INFO: Available on Amazon.com, iTunes, or Spotify
ARTIST: Sheikh Faisal Abdul Rauf
WORK: call to prayer [2:45]
RECORDING: World Festival of Sacred Music/New Sounds Live at Merkin Halll, 5/8/01 and 5/9/01
SOURCE/INFO: This performance not commercially available.
ARTIST: McCollough Sons Of Thunder
WORK: Can You Say Yeah, excerpt [5:58]
RECORDING: World Festival of Sacred Music/New Sounds Live at Merkin Hall, 2001-05-09
SOURCE/INFO: This performance not commercially available.
ARTIST: R. Carlos Nakai
WORK: Improvisation [1:55]
RECORDING: World Festival of Sacred Music/New Sounds Live at Merkin Halll, 5/8/01 and 5/9/01
SOURCE/INFO: This performance not commercially available.
ARTIST: Penguin Cafe Orchestra
WORK: Penguin Café Single [2:54]
RECORDING: Music from the Penguin Cafe
SOURCE: Editions EG
INFO: https://penguincafe.bandcamp.com/
ARTIST: Steve Reich & Glen Velez
WORK: Clapping Music [1:00]
RECORDING: Live, New Sounds, 9/86
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The work appears on 10 record set "Works 1965-95" via Nonesuch
ARTIST: Steve Reich
WORK: Music for 18 Musicians [3:00]
RECORDING: Works 1965-95
SOURCE: Nonesuch
INFO: https://stevereich.com/disc/steve-reich-works-1965-1995/