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Ben Allison, bass · Michael Blake, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet · Mamadou Diabate, kora · Frank Kimbrough, piano, prepared piano, Wurlitzer electric piano · Michael Sarin, drums, percussion

Third Rail · Slap Happy · Peace Pipe · Dakan · Goin' Back · Disposable Genius · Music Is Music · Realization · Mantra

Featuring Mali's hippest bop kora player, Mamadou Diabate, this is full of infectuous melodies and colorful, creative playing from Ben et al. Well balanced, earful -- you'll dig it. You even get the NPR's ON THE MEDIA theme, comimissioned from Ben.