Edgard Varese began composing "Deserts" in 1949 and completed it late in 1954. Scored for fifteen instruments, five percussionists and two tapes of organized sounds, "Deserts" comprises acoustic instrumental music and sections...
Jug bands; Stringed instruments; Wind instruments; Guitars; Banjos; Violins; African American musicians; African Americans; Musicians; People
The Ballard Chefs, a jug band, pose with their instruments. The five African American men wear chefs' garb and each play instruments: steel guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle, and jug.