{"id":1886,"date":"2026-09-13T17:42:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T00:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tre.ucsd.edu\/wp7\/?p=1886"},"modified":"2026-09-14T08:04:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:04:50","slug":"imaginary-landscape-no-5-original-78s-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tre.ucsd.edu\/wp7\/?p=1886","title":{"rendered":"Imaginary Landscape no. 5 – original 78s."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I spent some time this summer identifying the 42 jazz records used in the original version of John Cage’s Imaginary Landscape no. 5<\/em> in 1952. The original 78s were provided by dancer Jean Erdmann, who asked Cage to create the piece for her dance Portrait of a Lady<\/em>. The piece was edited by Bebe and Louis Barron. Most of the 42 pieces can be identified through listening to a copy of Erdmann’s tape and referencing Cage’s score. Both sides of the 78 was used in almost all the samples I identified. 19 78s are listed below, 2 more are needed to complete the piece. Those listed in italics are a flip side that I couldn’t identify in the original. Most of the unidentified samples are under 2 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Cooper’s Savoy Sultans – Fish for Supper<\/td>Al Cooper’s Savoy Sultans – Boats<\/em><\/td>Decca 8598<\/td><\/tr>
Machito – Cancion<\/em><\/td>Machito – Mambo<\/td>Mercury C-505<\/td><\/tr>
Baby Dodds – Rudiments<\/td>Baby Dodds – Maryland<\/td>Folkways 02990<\/td><\/tr>
Bob Crosby – The Big Noise from Winnetka<\/td>Bob Crosby – Honky Tonk Train Blues<\/td>Decca 25117<\/td><\/tr>
Count Basie – Jivin\u2019 Joe Jackson<\/td>Count Basie  – Queer Street<\/td>Columbia 36889<\/td><\/tr>
Miles Davis – Budo<\/td>Miles Davis – Move<\/td>Capitol 15404<\/td><\/tr>
Lil Hardin – Confessin<\/td>Lil Hardin – Eastown Boogie<\/td>Black & White 1210<\/td><\/tr>
Louis Armstrong – Got No Blues<\/em><\/td>Louis Armstrong – I\u2019m Not Rough<\/td>Okeh 8551<\/td><\/tr>
Benny Goodman Sextet – Flying Home<\/td>Benny Goodman Sextet – I Found A New Baby<\/td>Columbia 36721<\/td><\/tr>
Stan Kenton – Safranski<\/td>Stan Kenton – Opus in Pastels<\/td>Capitol 20088<\/td><\/tr>
Louis Armstrong – After You\u2019re Gone<\/td>Louis Armstrong – St. Louis Blues<\/em><\/td>Okeh 41350<\/td><\/tr>
Dizzy Gillespie – Ow<\/td>Dizzy Gillespie – Oopopada<\/td>RCA Victor 20-2480<\/td><\/tr>
Fats Waller – Somebody Stole My Gal<\/td>Fats Waller – Sugar Blues<\/td>Victor 25194<\/td><\/tr>
Benny Goodman – Blue Room<\/em><\/td>Benny Goodman – Swingtime in the Rockies<\/td>Columbia 39312<\/td><\/tr>
Duke Ellington – Sepia Panorama<\/td>Duke Ellington – Harlem Air Shaft<\/em><\/td>HMV B9135<\/td><\/tr>
Don Byas – How High The Moon<\/em><\/td>Charlie Parker – Ko Ko<\/td>Savoy 597<\/td><\/tr>
Billie Holiday – I Cover The Waterfront<\/td>Billie Holiday – Lover Come Back To Me<\/td>Commodore 559<\/td><\/tr>
Charlie Parker – Warming Up a Riff<\/td>Charlie Parker – Thriving on a Riff<\/em><\/td>Savoy 945<\/td><\/tr>
Benny Goodman – Sing Sing Sing Pt. 1<\/em><\/td>Benny Goodman – Sing Sing Sing Pt. 2<\/td>Victor 36205<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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