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Master Musicians Of Jajouka
Master Musicians Of Jajouka (Photo credit: wonker)

The Road to Jajouka, a new recording featuring the Master Musicians of Jajouka, will be released Sept. 10 on Howe Records. The set was produced by drummer/producer Billy Martin of Medeski Martin & Wood, and features guest artists including MMW, Marc Ribot, Ornette Coleman, John Zorn, Lee Ranaldo, Flea and Mickey Hart, among others.

A new Richard Youngs 2LP, Regions of the Old School, will be out soon on MIE.

Denovali is releasing an EP “Gone” by FLOEX (aka Tomáš Dvorák) on August 23.

Matthew Shipp writes about five tracks from jazz teachers.

August 15th, 2013, 8:30pm at Shapeshifter Lab in 18 Whitwell Pl, Brooklyn NY H-alpha will perform, featuring Briggan Krauss – alto saxophone, Ikue Mori – laptop, and Jim Black – drums.


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