Jairazbhoy, Nazir
Nazir Jairazbhoy began his career teaching at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. During this time, Jairazbhoy made a series of lectures on North Indian music that were broadcast by BBC radio. In 1975 he served as Associate Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Windsor, Ontario. The same year he joined UCLA as Professor of Music. Jairazbhoy has also served as President of the Society for Ethnomusicology. His publications include The Rags of North Indian Music: Their Structure and Evolution (1971), Hi-Tech Shiva and Other Apocryphal Stories: An Academic Allegory (1991), Musical Journey Through India 1963-64 (1988), and The Bake Restudy (1984). He became the first chair of the Department of Ethnomusicology. Jairazbhoy retired from UCLA in 1994, but remains on the faculty as an Emeritus Professor.
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy's research, writing, teaching, curatorial activities, and multi-media publications often have an applied focus, aimed at community development of minority traditions, especially in diasporic settings. She served as curator and presented the first concert and lecture tour outside India with a group of African-Indian Sidi performers from Gujarat, in September 2002, traveling with them in England and Wales. Her most recent publications include Sidi Sufis: African Indian Mystics of Gujarat (Aspara Media 2002: 79-minute CD) and the forthcoming volume co-edited with Indian Ocean historian Edward Alpers, Sidis and Scholars: Essays on African Indians (New Delhi: Rainbow Publications and New Jersey: Africa World Press, 2003).
Archive call number: Collection 80.1
23 sound tape reels: Field recordings made by Nazir Jairazbhoy in India and Pakistan, 1954-55. Contents: instrumental performances on the sitar, tabla, sarangi, and sarod.
Archive call number: Collection 80.2
87 sound tape reels: Field recordings made by Nazir Jairazbhoy in Gujarat, Bombay, Maharashtra, northern and eastern Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi, 1963-64.
Archive call number: Collection 80.3
64 sound tape reels: Field recordings made by Nazir Jairazbhoy in Great Britain and in Windsor, Ontario Canada, 1964-75. Contents: performances of North and South Indian classical musicians visiting Great Britain and Canada.
Archive call number: Collection 80.4
22 sound tape reels: Field recordings made by Nazir Jairazbhoy at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1964-1969). Contents: instrumental performances on the sarod, tabla, shenai, and sitar.
Archive call number: Collection 80.5
4 sound tape reels: Field recordings made by Nazir Jairazbhoy in New Delhi, December 1973. Contents: commercial recordings of sitar and tabla music.
Archive call number: Collection 80.7
13 sound tape reels: Field recordings made by Nazir Jairazbhoy in Kerala, Delhi, and Manipur, 1975. Contents: various village ensembles, the Pullovan caste (untouchables, mendicants, and maibi-s (priests and priestesses)).
Archive call number: Collection 80.8
11 sound tape reels: Field recordings made by Nazir Jairazbhoy in Pakistan (Northwest-Frontier Province, Punjab, and Sind), 1975. Contents: folk songs of the Pushto, Panjabi, Sindhi and Rabab.
Archive call number: Collection 86.1
23 sound cassettes: Field recordings made by Nazir Jairazbhoy in Rajasthan, December 1976 and January 1977. Contents: folk songs and sacred vocal music of Rajasthan.
Archive call number: Collection 86.3
56 sound cassettes: Field recordings made by Nazir Jairazbhoy in Rajasthan and Sind, Pakistan, 1978. Contents: performances of Rajasthani folk musicians in Manganhars, Langas, and Dholis.
Archive call number: Collection 86.4
15 sound cassettes: Field recordings made by Nazir Jairazbhoy in Delhi and Rajasthan, 1978. Contents: various performances and interviews with Rajasthani puppeteers and folk musicians.
Archive call number: Collection 86.6
14 sound cassettes: Field recordings made by Nazir Jairazbhoy in Delhi and Rajasthan, 1980. Contents: performances and interviews with Rajasthani puppeteers and folk performers.
Archive call number: Collection 86.7
12 sound cassettes: Field recordings made by Nazir Jairazbhoy and Anila Mehta in Rajasthan, 1981. Contents: folk music and music of the Kathputli theater.
Archive call number: Collection 86.9
30 sound tape reels: Field recordings made by Nazir Jairazbhoy and Amy Catlin in India including the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamilnada, and Kerala, 1984. Contents: Restudy of recordings made in 1938 by Arnold Adrian Bake of ritual music, folk songs and related materials.