Shez Raja Collective: Mystic Radikal | CD review

(33 Records)Shez Raja taught himself electric bass, learned Indian percussion at Leeds College of Music, and plays sessions for rock and hip-hop bands, but his influences include Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Marcus Miller and African music. The title track's repeating, descending pattern, over a jazz-rock drum groove, suggests the menu will be a familiar fusion one – but Raja's eastern influences are soon apparent in the sporadic melody of Chakras on the Wall, its theme punctuated by halts, pe...

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