Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for Atlas Maior!
8pm In-Person Tickets at tickets.monksjazz.com/shows/2421/?date=2024-03-02
10pm In-Person Tickets tickets.monksjazz.com/shows/2421/?date=2024-03-02
Livestream Tickets at livestream.monksjazz.com/shows/2457/?date=2024-03-02
Joshua Thomson - Alto Saxophone
Joshua Peters - Oud
Josh Flowers - Upright Bass
Gray Parsons - Drums
Atlas Maior creates original music that combines elements of Progressive Jazz, Middle Eastern, Latin, and Indian music traditions. Band members Joshua Thomson (alto saxophone, flutes), Josh Peters (oud, lavta), create a unique sound that balances intimate moments of sincerity with powerful melodies and incendiary rhythmic passages. The group writes original melodies exploring maqamat (Middle Eastern modal system) and harmonic progressions found in American jazz. Atlas Maior composes with a variety of rhythms & instrumentation including Indian tablas, kanjira, & Chinese hulusi.
As an ensemble Atlas Maior has released 6 studio albums, most recently new album "Hadal" (released 2/17/23), their follow up to "RIPTIDE", voted a 2019 Top 100 release by The Austin Chronicle. During 2020-21 the group released 4 singles which featured Coke Studios artist Ali Pervez Mehdi (Nazuk, Ya Ali, & 2 studio remixes). The group has toured nationally & internationally while garnering positive reviews and media placement from Jazziz Magazine, NPR's PRI The World, New York Daily Music, Jazz Journal, Afropop Worldwide, Song Lines, & in 2019 were named City of Austin Cultural Ambassadors.
"Often reminiscent of compositions of Kronos Quartet, or Le Trio Joubran, Riptide offers a hypnotic truly international experience." - Jazz Journal U.K.
"Atlas Maior's alloy of Arabic melodies, jazz harmonies, and rhythmic eclecticism beats the noise of other so-called world fusion acts." - Austin Chronicle
"If surf rock had existed on Cyprus in the 1920s, it might sound like (Atlas Maior song) Iddaa!!, the sax sailing over tight, catchy, minor-key bass riffage." - New York Music Daily
Please Note: This is a live-taping, so we'll be enforcing a whisper-policy! Cold bottles of still and sparkling water will be available for purchase, but this event is BYOB. Ice will be available if needed, wine keys and 9oz cups provided! 22 free parking spaces onsite are first-come-first-serve. Doors at 7:45pm, Show at 8pm.
