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"you can still smell it in your room..... Tent Factory Fume" Joel Banner Baird: pianos jhaffur khan azad darakth: alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, whistles, voice

Raag bhairavi, alap and drut gat presented by the TrionaiF: jhaffur khan azad darakth: bansuri and occasional piano Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass - bowed and pizzicato McEucalips aka Kamran Khan returns on percussion

occasional ferry music used to cross the porous borders that define us acoustic bass and guitar from Joel Banner Baird duduk, clarinet, flute, tambourine, tympany and cow belling - by jhaffur khan azad darakth-

Somewhere between Yucatan and Bandung the non-aligned began to perceive junctions where timber and marimba came into unintended consonance: "belum pernah lihat itu, yang tidak bisa bernamikan, pernah satu kali saja dengar bahwa ada kebernarnia dalam sejarah itu" "it has never been seen, that which cannot be named, for once only has it been heard that there is truth in this history" - I no know I "...

variations on Raag Hansdhwani - the swan in flight is found laughing at the absurd assuredness inherent in it's own infallible flapping, reflecting on a tangent or two. with: bansuri and percussion from jhaffur khan azad darakth classical guitars worked by Joel Banner Baird.

A marimba tinted blues that purports to be alkaline "Alkaline, oh alkaline, base, salt alkali, earth matters, nothing wrong with that oh! alkaline I know she's pretty caustic but she's mighty fine too I think I've really lost it oh Lord I've got the alkaline blues." Joel Banner Baird: marimba, upright acoustic bass, classical guitar, primary voice jhaffur khan azad darakth: percussion, alto saxoph...

From the heart, and delayed by light-years. It's sweet up there, but it's lonely. Saxophone, trombone, kit drums and vocals: jhaffur khan azad darakth. Uprighteous bass, slide acoustic guitar, backing vocals and wordplay: joel banner baird. Sing-along: Found in Space beau regarded gulls row air seasoned tree a vapor shared coolness coding factories of gas fractions of a stony node corrode my oxide...

Dangerous, glamorous, on the thrilling edge of paranoia. Our heroes perform the soundtrack for the film of the same name, and in which they co-star. Clarinet, lead vocal & drums: jhaffur khan azad darakth Uprighteous bass, piano, wordplay: joel banner baird Sing along: who goes here who goes there oo ma mi my saucy-saucy oo ma mi my my down gullets and gullies easy virtue toots voodoo: my wasabi v...

After all these years... still talkin' a playfull earfull in the transgenre traditions of eastern and western brain blending Raag Brindabani Sarang with a 3/3 rhythmic mix and melodic bass from: jhaffur khan azad darakth: bansuri, alto saxophone, drums Joel Banner Baird: electric guitar and big standup bass

Just mix a little bansuri and guitar, add cumin and turmeric and fry on a gentle flame - then shake your shoulders two by two: jhaffur khan azad darakth: bansuris, percussion (djembe, tambourine, jaw's harp, sticks) Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, classical guitars

"he rose in sovereign plunder gold from fathoms down under no lack of lucre in his ways of plunder find him with the gold and send him to the goal! un-captained, with the barely brave he sails his search for riches never fails is there any wonder he's weighed down in spended plunder. jhaffur khan azad darakth: drums, clarinet, alto saxophone, melodica, voice Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, guita...

a swinging roadhouse ballad from the good old railstone roadway days jhaffur khan azad darakth: alto saxophone, clarinet, brushes Joel Banner Baird: classical guitar, acoustic bass

contemplating asphodel completion on a transfixed rotunda in the afternoon Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, classical guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth: mouth, monster bansuri

a modern mountain madrigal danced on ice jhaffur khan azad darakth: recorder, tambourine Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, churango

Stored in ancient lignin - memories of the great Banwari Lal - and the interminable rearrangement of camping equipment stored on the roof iof 5 Ratendone Road n the company of EY Campbell jhaffur khan azad darakth: drums and percussion, Tajik and Kygyz flutes Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, electric guitar

A brief sonata bidding a bittersweet farewell jhaffur khan azad darakth: silver flute, trumpet, piano Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass

a: argumentarians recite b: Sigmund! Sigmund a: blah blah blah blah peddling prosody at half light b: I beg you didactify a: who asked you anyway b I beg you didactify your organs of mind if you please a> caustic, cold contemporary b: or otherwise a: involuntary verbiage engorges b: Sigmund, Sigmund I beg you didactify your organs. your your organs organs of mind a: he's right you'e wrong he's rig...

Long tom thimble thimble long tall tom thimble now nobody said it was gonna be simple not goin to be simple long tall tome thimble thimble nobody said it was gonna be simple Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, electric and classical guitars, voice jhaffur khan azad darakth: drums, silver flute, alto saxophone, voice

incidental chambered music instantaneously composed by the naiFian artists: jhaffur khan azad darakth: piano, silver flute, percussion Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, Godin classical guitar

speak still sky y cassiopeiae! jhaffur khan azad darakth: drums, clarinet Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, Godin classical guitar

A rollicking roadhouse special: "oh..I'm moanin, I'm moaning moanin in the mornin moanin in the night moaning makes me feel alright feel alright.. Oh! I'm groanin, I'm groanin in the morning - groanin goanin in the night cause you know groanin makes me feel alright" Joel Banner Baird: electric bass, electric guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth: drums, harmonica, voice Melanie: voice

Now don't be fooled when he's all warm and sensitive the old boy's just on one of his charm offensives Now when he says "I like the way you do your hair" don't let it phase you cause you knowhe's on a tear It's just a charm Offensive Joel Banner Baird: voices, slide guitar, bass jhaffur khan azad: bansuri, drums, voice

Samba tomahto para bailar con solanaceae Joel Banner Baird: bass, guitar, voice jhaffur khan azad darakth: percussion, ocarina

Much has since been said and done, many a battle lost, a fewer won, the clash of hooves that smothered shout, all resounded on yon olde redoubt but lore remains: "On yon olde redoubt charismatic cannon fodder rarely won out but stealthy errand boys with steely resolve were the only ones not te become involved geneeral principles were there soundly defeated and non-ombatants had the day and live it...

In memory of Landon MacKenzie Pearson. 1930 - 2023. An awesome woman. Joel Banner Baird: piano and acoustic bass jhaffur khan azad darakth: trumpet and silver flute & trombone