Shaki Presents/JMS Jams are so excited for a night of channeling Celestial Ambient Soundscapes...

Friday Feb 23 at Lyric Hall in New Haven, Connecticut
LARAAJI (with healing sound accompaniment by Arji OceAnanda)

We are humbled to present this concert, a unique performance by the one and only LARAAJI. 

Laraaji
Laraaji is an American multi-instrumentalist specializing in piano, zither and mbira.
Born in Philadelphia, he studied violin, piano, trombone and voice in his early years in New Jersey. He attended Howard University on a scholarship to study composition and piano. After studying at Howard, he spent time in New York City pursuing a career as a stand-up comedian and actor.

In the early 1970s, he began to study Eastern mysticism and believed he'd found a new path for his music and his life. It was also at this time he bought his first zither from a local pawn shop. Converting it to an electronic instrument, he began to experiment using the instrument like a piano. By 1978, he developed enough skill to begin busking in the parks and on the sidewalks of New York.

The following year he was "discovered" by Brian Eno while playing in Washington Square Park. The result was his most widely-recognized release, Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, the third installment of Brian Eno's Ambient series. This was his first album released under the name of Laraaji.

This international exposure led to requests for longer versions of his compositions which he supplied to meditation groups on cassette tapes. It also resulted in an expansion of his mystic studies with such gurus as Swami Satchidananda and Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati, founder of the Ananda Ashram in Monroe, New York.

Laraaji's also started the Laughter Meditation Workshops which he still presents around the globe.

Recently, Laraaji's earlier LPs were reissued, making his special music available to the public again. He has also recently collaborated with contemporary artists, like Sun Araw.
With so much to say, and so much being said about LARAAJI, it might be best to let you decide.

Laraaji LIVE at Lyric Hall in New Haven, CT - 2/23/18

the collected recordings of 
InnerSpaceSoundLabs/Scott N. Amore/The Regal Drug.


the common element is...
...vibration.