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Guffaw along with Raoul in this swinging number which features Andrew Alter on keys Joel Banner Baird on acoustic bass jhaffur khan azad darakth on drums and horns

Believe it or not: my Mynah talks too: jhaffur khan azad darakth: keyboards and silver flute Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass and baby cumbus

Joel Banner Baird: voice, acoustic bass and cumbus jhaffur khan azad darakth: brushes, clarinet and trombone she winks at the surface like a jack-knife diver Lucille in disguise in slow-mo loco marmalade spirals a willow drapes pool parties of pearls but in reverse it’s a snap if you hover with your other like a jack-knife diver

Joel Banner Baird: voice, wordplay, acoustic bass jhaffur khan azad darakth: silver flute, cajon and some voice sing along: My precious veins rich in jasmin and geosmin honey, dispense with the vanities on bloody-easy beat, oh oh heave my crude rich and rude as seen from Greenwich Mean ever-finer slices of the rind dice robotic carcasses of Rolexes, Timexes triumph now the tidal rubato a piacere a...

Shake your web as you listen to this arachnid blues fantasy centersed on its need to indentifly its food sources- presented auditorily by: jhaffur khan azad darakth on harmonica, trumpet, voice and drums Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass (both bowed and plucked) and slide guitar (slid)

Joel Banner Baird plays acoustic bass and classical guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth adds silver flute, percussion and some voice on this wistful reminiscence of wealthier days. A slow intro gives way to classic Irish-Punjabi beatnips and the guitar cries aloud.

just smiling is all jhaffur khan azad darakth: drums, clarinet, trumpet Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, electric guitar

jhaffur khan azad darakth: drums, trombone, trumpet, voice Joel Banner Baird:celeste/organ/piano, acoustic bass and slide guitar coagulate this instantaneous composition as an exploration of typography in severed movements including the premier spoken word component of Her Grand Design: How can one explain to the uninitiated The range of her volcanic iconography? How tamper down the lava long viti...

A jovial jaunt with tapping toes through familiar roads. Joel Banner Baird; classical guitar and some voice jhaffur khan azad darakth: drums, trumpet, trombone and some voice

A ballad based on Hafez* told in old Shiraz. jhaffur khan azad darakth: flute, cajon, voice Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, classical guitar *Agar an Torke Shirazi

Culinary blues from the camp. Oh Baby it so nice when you boil my rice! jhaffur khan azad darakth: drums, harmonica and voice Joel Banner Baird: bass viol and slide guitar.

A classical etude with seven movements instantaneously composed and delivered -neither triumph nor oration but bitter sweet as if told by caterpillar feet in the carapace of memory. Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass and Baby Cumbush jhaffur khan azad darakth: silver flutes, jaw's harp, clarinet, recorder and percussion

For your very own breakfast special we give you: Assembled legs and man! jhaffur khan azad darakth: drums, piano, silver flute and bansuri Joel Banner Baird: contra bass and classical guitar

A percussive discussion with keyboard provocation: MCEucalips: percussion on right track jhaffur khan azad darakth: percussion on left track Joel Banner Baird: keyboard on track

Dreaming with eyes open- a Sundanese inspired concoction directly derived from the lucidity of dream state in West Java jhaffur khan azad darakth on: bansuri, silver flute, clarinet and percussion Joel Banner Baird: accoustic bass and parlor steel string slide guitar

A pre Columbian melody presented by: Joel Banner Baird: classical guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth: trumpet, percussion, trombone

The trio in preparations for migration from Shenandoah to Goa compete with discursive commentary in proto-Dravidian*. in order of performance: jhaffur khan azad darakth in discussion and silver flutery Joel Banner Baird discussion, marimba and assorted keyboard MCEucalips on percussion and discussion *translations pending linguistic clarification and dialectics- Disclaimer: all resemblances to lan...

An evening around the fire with MCEucalips on cajon and mouthharp and jhaffur khan azad darakth on clarinet and mouthharp Also available dimly on youtube

A chance encounter in the snow leads to Hawk Talk with: MCEucalips on mouth harp and beatbox jhaffur khan azad darakth on oboette See video on Orchestra naiF's youtube site

Ruh ho ya insaan? Dhool hava mein udtha hai Siraf mittee ka ek nishaan Agar dhuan siraf aag ka aks hai Hai jhaffur tum ruh ho ya insaan? translation: Dust flies in the wind Just the symbol of the soil If smoke is just fire’s reflection Oh jhaffur are you human or soul? jhaffur khan azad drakth, bansuri, keyboard, voice, percussion Joel Banner Baird: parlor guitar, upright bass

MCEucalips is back on percussion for this power trio number motoring along in OKTATA land. Join the band: MCEucalips on percussion jhaffur khan azad darakth on trumpet Joel Banner Baird on upright bass

Spontaneously sibilant, this syllabary breaks down the sounds per form until the cows come home. Joel Banner Baird: the bass, the mini cumbush jhaffur khan azad darakth: the flute, the percussion, the trombone

An audience with the Raja of the Banjaras - courser after hares, inherently itenerant featuring in dialogue: jhaffur khan azad darakth on oboette, trombone, trumpet, percussion, kyrgyz jaw's harp, bird call, Tibetan shawm Joel Banner Baird- voice, marimba, bass upright

a live set at the Taut and Snare with Joel Banner Baird on bass upright and electric guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth: drums, xaphoon and trumpet

Gustafson struggles with his teutonic heritage and his South Asian sister-in-law's irrepressible wit in this ageless interchange jhaffur khan azad darakth: organ, bansuri and percussion Joel Banner Baird: mini cumbush