Half the range of the piano keyboard At last a serious critical examination of the utterly unique vocalist celebrated for her four-octave voice, Yma Sumac A confounding, sometimes heartbreaking, mixture of absurd show-biz hype, stunning virtuosity, and sometimes ravishing artistry, Yma Sumac was a firmly established recording artist of the folk music of her native Peru when she came to America to be discovered.
And discovered she was-by the publicity department of Capitol Reco.