Orchestra naïF

Resembles A phuzen offering contemplating the higher levels of THE gallinidae jhaffur khan azad darakth: percussion, trombone Joel Banner Baird: electric guitar, bass upright

Take a ride home on the Punjabi blues express with Joel Banner Baird on slide guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth on bansuri, voice and tympany Oh Pia minu kar leyja lotandhi dil bada ichha karda hai mangi the bai ke gal karange Take me home my love It what my heart desires We'll sit on the rope bed in the shade and talk of our desires. it is what my heart desires

Consider the chloroplasticity and use leaverage to implanticize! this tune brought to you by: jhaffur khan azad darakth: clarinets and percussion Joel Banner Baird: bass upright and piano keys

jhaffur khan azad darakth (piano, bansuri, voice) and Joel Banner Baird (guitar) present: In pain with Ukraine Incandescent lies light sky with ghostly flares we used to just exclaim and call them shooting stars Portents of dictatorships that still don’t seem to care Fabricating claims of faded glory lost, re-booting wars. Distant pain so much more easily deferred Sanctioning a careful removal fro...

A spontaneous exstream classical composition of origins as organoids release their anthems in praise Joel Banner Baird: classical guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth: silver flute, bansuri, trombone, percussion

The thing is the song is a jumping horned ode Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass and piano jhaffur khan azad darakth: slide and valve trumpets, recorder and drums

Feel the swing engine gearing and calibrate your hearing to this trio for mind clearing. Kamran Khan aka mceucalips and Cameron Campbell on drums Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass jhaffur khan azad darakth: silver flute

A set of classical mustaches being variations on several dear old classical chestnuts, ending with "Lagrima" by Francisco Tárrega Joel Banner Baird: classical guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth: silver flute

late night and its already time for an owl change jhaffur khan azad darakth: clarinet, nose flute and percussion Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass and seagull parlor guitar Owl: screech owl

all rise! the dip and float converts to a flurry of wings and they rise in one big Merganser mindmeld! jhaffur khan azad darakth: oboette, bansuri, trumpet, percussion Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, seagull steel guitar

Base 5 and a quintet on a sliding scale takes it and weighs in with: Joel Banner Baird: walking the bass and chiming in on the classical guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth: on piano chops, with trumpetting, some voice and swing trap. Beats Me!

tale told from the tortoise of tailspin I'm a slow moan ranger underwater where I am with: jhaffur khan azad darakth on xaphoon, bansuri, drums Joel Banner Baird: vocals, acoustic bass

As seen on you-tube: https://youtu.be/kLE5FqbBbz4 An off-the-cuff operetta in two halves. Our heroes (jhaffur khan azad darakth and joel banner baird) extol life itself in this introductory episode. Setting: Virginia and Vermont. Costumes: Singlet and Kutcha Ltd. Choreography: J. Kad/Jahuja B. Catering: Num Kin Titles: L.P. Torreodor Beard stylist: Alto Barbieri Producer: Orchestra naïF Audio and...

A reflection on that smoothening of surface which time erodes from the rough edges of thought Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, electric guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth: piano, bansuri and drums

instantaneously composed in a series, F to follow A and returning as if patterns were a zag never zigs nor swallows rest in wholes, nor earthworms gigue to startle moles. jhaffur khan azad darakth: clarinets with and without reeds, drums, piano Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass and vocal coda

Speculation on the Frontier Mail is rampant - whom did DhoomBegum beat? Kamran Khan: dumbek jhaffur khan azad darakth: voice, hmong raj nplaim, bansuri Joel Banner Baird: mini cumbush, acoustic bass "O das minnu, DhoomdhoomBegum ne kinnu kuteya?" "jeda pahele natheya dhoomdhoomBegum ne oonu kuteya" translates as: Oh tell me now, who did DhoomdhoomBegum beat? He who ran first, he was beaten by Dhoo...

LISTEN FAST Ripping up the skins in this batterie driven medley through town and country, north to global south we have Kamran Khan aka MCEucalips: precision percussion and drums Joel Banner Baird: jazz organ pointillism jhaffur khan azad darakth: trumpet muted and braying and silver flute

This Blues amalgam features previously unheard guitar soundage from the illusive Rupak Roy a founding member of the Indian Avant Garde Ensemble with inputs from: Rupak Roy: electric guitar intro and closure. Joel Banner Baird: electric guitar, acoustic bass, vocal commentary jhaffur khan azad darakth: drums, keyboards, vocal commentary photo: Rupak Roy

in happier times east of the Bosphoros set to the lyrics of famour Farsi poet Hafiz: Agər an turki Şirazi bədəst arəd dili mara, Bəkhali hindu yəş bəxşəm Səmərkhəndu Bukharara. Joel Banner Baird on acoustic bass and classical guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth, voice, silver flute and percussion with cajon

Orchestra naiF unites virtually with guitar master Rupak Roy on his Guild with mceucalips beatboxing. Joel Banner Baird provides bass, jhaffur khan azad darakth adds drums, silver flute and voice. Spontaneously and separately composed in Geddai the Nilgiris, Vermont and Virginia. *photo by Rupak Roy

Joel Banner Baird on slide guitar and acoustic bass jhaffur khan azad darakth on drums, blues harp and voice bring you: Feel like I’m left combing through the underbrush Can’t even find me a single worm You left me home and blue in such an undercover rush Didn’t even mind the way I squirmed. I’m just pushing leaves ‘cause you didn’t leave me with much I hear the wind ruffling the wheat sheaves fro...

a brief reflection on suspects questioned for free tone clarity jhaffur khan azad darakth: pianoforte Joel Banner Baird: classical guitar

Tsar warz - Nyet! Aghast in seven movements: 1. Invasion 2. Resistance 3. Arbitration 4. Attack, 5. Lull 6. Repulse 7. Truce Joel Banner Baird: cajon, tambourine, bongos, acoustic bass, mini cumbush jhaffur khan azad darakth: birdcalls, cymbals, Turkish Finger cymbals, oboette, castanets, bamboo jaw's harp, silver flute, voice, mini-kartals, capsticks, mouth, turkey call, bamboozler, trumpet mouth...

settle back for a journey through a mutli-stage suite of new music freshly composed and instantaneously performed in a duo setting by Orchestra naiF: Joel Banner Baird: Classical guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth: oboette, clarinet, silver flute, trumpet, voice "furlongs along the coast a kos - the distant an elephant travels in an hour a furlong along the coast the distance of an elephant's memory...

A heartbreaking farewell, featuring: slide guitar, bass, tambourine - joel banner baird voice, double-reed, duck call - jhaffur khan azad darakht Who sings: So says Sally Sumac So says Sally Sumac Oh, it's more than I can stomach I guess I have to go Or so says Sally Sumac