The virtuoso music of Ancient Future is an exhilarating mix of jazz improvisation and the exciting rhythms and exotic sounds of world music.

Ancient Future has performed hundreds of concerts throughout the U.S.A., headlining such venues as New York City's Carnegie Recital Hall, San Francisco's Great American Music Hall, and Eugene's Hult Center for the Performing Arts, and appearing at jazz festivals such as the Marin Jazz Festival, Sacramento River Jazz Festival, Cotati Jazz Festival, Valhalla Jazz Festival, Sand Harbor, On the Waterfront, and many others.

Ancient Future's world jazz is equally at home on any jazz bill, be it experimental, contemporary, or firmly based in tradition. The group has shared bills with other leader jazz and contemporary music artists including Fourth World with Flora Purim and Airto, Tower of Power, Craig Chaquico, Acoustic Alchemy, Tania Maria, Shadowfax, Ottmar Liebert, Freeflight, David Grisman, Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion Tour, and Strunz and Farah.

Featured Songs

Stream Ancient Future World Jazz Repertoire. Courtesy of WorldFusionMusicRadio.Com. Studio recordings of the repertoire played by this band variation of Ancient Future.

Bookenka (The Adventurer) (Doug McKeehan. 5:18). This contempoary jazz radio hit combines a Japanese mode with elements of jazz. >audio. (0:34). From Asian Fusion (Narada Equinox ND-63023). CD- $44.98 (Limited remaining stock: out of print): Add 1 to Cart. Buy 1 Now.

Mezgoof (Ian Dogole. 6:20). FREE MP3 (excerpt) 800K. >audio. (0:49). Based on Qawwali, a Sufi devotional form of music popular in Pakistan and India. From Asian Fusion (Narada Equinox ND-63023). CD- $44.98 (Limited remaining stock: out of print): Add 1 to Cart. Buy 1 Now.

Lakshmi Rocks Me (Jim Hurley. 2:52). FREE MP3 (excerpt) (992K). >audio (1:01). Energetic tribute to South Indian violinist L. Shankar featuring Zakir Hussain and Jim Hurley. From World Without Walls (Sona Gaia/MCA 163) CD- $44.98 (Very limited remaining stock: out of print): Add 1 to Cart. Buy 1 Now.

So Near, So Far (Doug McKeehan. 5:59). Piano, violin, African talking drum, and guitar evoke that feeling of not quite being there. >audio (0:44). From Dreamchaser (Sona Gaia/MCA 154) CD- $29.98 (Very limited remaining stock: out of print): Add 1 to Cart. Buy 1 Now.

Gamarock (Matthew Montfort. 6:25). FREE MP3 (excerpt) (896K). >audio (0:55). Inspired on a study trip to Bali by the gamelan (percussion orchestra) music that fills the night air, and the Balinese love affair with a form of music known as Rock and Roll . What to you get when you cross gamelan with rock? You guessed it...Gamarock. The song includes a kotèkan (Balinese interlocking rhythm) from the Gamelan Anklung repertoire. From Dreamchaser (Sona Gaia/MCA 154) CD- $29.98 (Very limited remaining stock: out of print): Add 1 to Cart. Buy 1 Now.

April Air (Doug McKeehan. 3:57). Steel drums and piano trade licks on Ancient Future's biggest contemporary jazz radio hit. >audio (0:53). From World Without Walls (Sona Gaia/MCA 163) CD- $44.98 (Very limited remaining stock: out of print): Add 1 to Cart. Buy 1 Now.

14 Steps (Matthew Montfort. 4:30). Fourteen beat rhythmic cycle creates a funky Indian groove featuring Zakir Hussain and Matthew Montfort. FREE MP3 (excerpt) (1MB). >audio (1:07). From World Without Walls (Sona Gaia/MCA 163) CD- $44.98 (Very limited remaining stock: out of print): Add 1 to Cart. Buy 1 Now.

Ode to Ajanta (Ian Dogole. 4:58). Ode to the ancient cave temples of Ajanta. >audio. (0:58). From Dreamchaser (Sona Gaia/MCA 154) CD- $29.98 (Very limited remaining stock: out of print): Add 1 to Cart. Buy 1 Now.

Turkish Taffy (Doug McKeehan. 4:55). Sweet and chewy combination of jazz and Middle Eastern influences. >audio (1:08). From World Without Walls (Sona Gaia/MCA 163) CD- $44.98 (Very limited remaining stock: out of print): Add 1 to Cart. Buy 1 Now.

Ladakh (Doug McKeehan. 4:22). Drawn from the folk music tradition of Ladakh, but taking the music in new directions. From Asian Fusion (Narada Equinox ND-63023). CD- $44.98 (Limited remaining stock: out of print): Add 1 to Cart. Buy 1 Now.

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