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Percussionist. Performed at Woodstock in Jimi Hendrix's band, Gypsys Suns Moons and Rainbows and on the Dick Cavett show and at a special show in Harlem, New York several weeks later. Interviewed extensively for the documentary film, "Jimi Hendrix". Also recorded with Archie Shepp. Woodstock redirects here. ... James Marshall Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and cultural icon. ... Dick Cavett in 1974 Richard Alva Cavett (born November 19, 1936) is a television talk show host known for his conversational style of in-depth and often serious issues discussion. ...
Harrogate/Leeds-based Juma have been together for around two and a half years in which time they have come from playing in the back rooms of local pubs to playing some of the best known venues of the north including the Cockpit in Leeds as well as other venues and parties all over the country.
As a group they adopted Juma as a name, which depending on who you speak to, is an homage to JumaSultan – Jimi Hendrix's bongo player at Woodstock or taken from an African phrase meaning 'a gathering of people for a common cause'.
Juma's music has been developing from an indie rock vibe to a more dance-inspired sound that draws on everything from the 90s baggy scene to Hendrix taking in house and contemporary rock n roll in between.
Sultan most notably took a leadership role in organizing musicians in New York City in the early 1970s in an attempt to improve their working conditions.
In1972, Sultan was elected president of the newly created New York Musician's Organization - a collective that raised funds and paid musicians to play hundreds of free concerts throughout the City as a protest against unfair labor practices of corporate-supported jazz festivals that had come to the City that year.
Sultan was "probably the most schooled musician Jimi Hendrix ever played with on any sort of regular basis," say Harry Shapiro and Caesar Glebbeek in their book Electric Gypsy.
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