Atlas Maior Jazz Trio from Austin, TX

Atlas Maior maps diverse musical traditions by placing Middle Eastern, American Jazz, and Latin American musical idioms in dialogue with one another. Diverse in sonic textures and musical styles, this emergent Austin world fusion group highlights a variety of musical traditions while balancing intimate moments of sincerity with powerful cinematic melodies and incendiary rhythmic grooves. The group is an integral piece of the emerging and vibrant world, traditional and international live music scene in Austin, TX, and is actively performing in Central Texas, San Antonio, and Houston. September 2013 marked Atlas Maior's 1st international tour which brought the group to Istanbul, Turkey, and Andalucia, Spain. Atlas Maior's music is a medley of both soulful and driving melodies played by Charlie Lockwood on the 'ud (Middle Eastern lute), Joshua Thomson on alto saxophone, and joined by drummer and percussionist Theodore Camat. This sound has brought the band recognition on KUTX 98.9FM's “Austin Music Minute”, World Beat Online (WOBEON), Today's Zaman (Istanbul, Turkey) The Austin Chronicle and Qué Pasó Paisano! Magazine. The group's 2012 Four Shades album has received radio play on Austin's KUTX 98.9FM, KVRX 91.7FM, KRTU 91.7FM San Antonio, KCSZ Santa Cruz, CA, and WEMU 89.1FM Ypsilanti, MI.