Planet Jammin' Quintet
(left to right) Emam (tabla, percussion), Doug McKeehan (keyboards),
Irina Mikhailova (vocals), Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard
guitar),
and Ustad Habib Khan (sitar). 397K JPG
Planet Jammin' Quintet
(left to right) Emam (tabla, percussion), Doug McKeehan (keyboards),
Irina Mikhailova (vocals), Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard
guitar),
and Ustad Habib Khan (sitar). 397K JPG
The Ancient Future Planet Jammin' Quintet is the flagship ensemble of the Planet Jammin' series. Utilizing just the musicians in the quintet, a multi-act bill is available capable of filling several evenings of music. The quintet presents a full evening of music featuring all five musicians, heavy on the music from the seventh Ancient Future CD Planet Passion along with material from Ancient Future's six other CDs. Within the quintet are several smaller ensembles. There are two quartets. One specializes in Indian jazz featuring Ustad Habib Khan, performing material from Ancient Future and Habib Khan Indian Jazz CDs. A second features vocal diva Irina Mikhailova and is perfect for large concert settings where one might expect to hear world vocal music in the vein of Enya or Dead Can Dance. In addition there is the Celtic Raga duet, and a Guitar/Sitar Jugalbandi. This means that for one price, presenters can fill several evenings with different material.
Featured Songs
Stream Ancient Future Planet Jammin' Quintet Repertoire. Courtesy of WorldFusionMusicRadio.Com. Studio and live recordings of the repertoire played by this band variation of Ancient Future.
Stream Ecstasy CD. Courtesy of WorldFusionMusicRadio.Com. The jazz CD Ecstasy features Pandit Habib Khan, Matthew Montfort, and Irina Mikhailova with other top musicians including Swapan Chaudhuri (tabla), George Brooks (saxophone), Danny Gottlieb (drums), Alan Kushan (santur), and Hans Christian (cello, bass).
Socha Socha (Khan/Montfort. 10:34) 
(>audio. Free trial Planet Passion@eMusic. FREE short version download at amazon.com.) Indian raga with full instrumentation. Hifi example is an excerpt
from the introductory alap. Full download features the whole lush
composition with full band. From Planet Passion. (Ancient-Future.Com AF-2001). CD/Gift Card, $17.98: Add 1 to Cart. Buy 1 Now.
Ne Po Pogrebu Bochonochek 5:07 (Traditional. New arrangement and composition by Matthew
Montfort. © 2001 Ancient Future Music) (>audio. Free trial Planet Passion @ eMusic.com. From Planet Passion. (Ancient-Future.Com AF-2001) CD/Gift Card, $17.98: Add 1 to Cart. Buy 1 Now.
