Atlas Maior with LuFuki & Tazeen

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, lutar), create a unique sound that balances intimate moments of sincerity with powerful melodies and incendiary rhythmic passages. The group writes original melodies exploring maqamat. Tazeen and LuFuki are a mainstay of creative music in Detroit. The bring a blend of mysticism and spiritual jazz as much influenced by Arab and Indian music as they are by the jazz of John McLaughlin and Yusef Lateef.