1963
Archival Recording DetailsThe Date: October 10, 1963
This entry logs the specific date of the New York radio broadcast that immortalized Max Neuhaus’s landmark Pocket Theatre performances.The studio master tape of the August 26 concert was officially broadcast to the public on October 10, 1963, via New York City's radical listener-sponsored radio station, WBAI 99.5 FM, the East Coast hub of the Pacifica Radio network, known for broadcasting the New York avant-garde. Joseph Byrd's Water Music: Performed entirely solo by Max Neuhaus using an array of percussion instruments, alpine bells, and electronic magnetic tape.Joseph Byrd's Densities II: Performed by Neuhaus on marimba, alongside La Monte Young (saxophone), Malcolm Goldstein (violin), and Arthur Layzer (clarinet), conducted by Philip Corner.This WBAI broadcast was highly significant because the physical tape reel was subsequently copied and shared with Pacifica's West Coast sister station, KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California, which aired the exact same program just one night later, on October 11, 1963.