Atlas Maior

Atlas Maior is a music project based in Austin, Texas that maps diverse musical traditions, placing Jazz, Arab Turkish, and Latin American musical idioms in dialogue with one another. Atlas Maior composes music that pays homage to the stewards of these traditions and their cultural and geographic origins. Their unique sound balances intimate moments of sincerity with powerful cinematic melodies and incendiary rhythmic passages. 

Check out their music on SoundCloud.   Purchase their music on CDBaby.

To see many performances with Atlas Maior at the ABDC check out our Atlas Maior Playlist.

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Biography:

Atlas Maior maps diverse musical traditions, placing Jazz, Middle Eastern, and Latin American musical idioms in dialogue with one another. The group composes music that pays homage to the stewards of these traditions and their cultural and geographic origins. Band members Joshua Thomson (alto saxophone, flutes), Charlie Lockwood (oud), and Ted Camat (percussion) create a unique sound that balances intimate moments of sincerity with powerful melodies and incendiary rhythmic passages. Thomson and Lockwood write original melodies exploring maqamat (the Middle Eastern modal system) and harmonic progressions of American jazz. Percussionist Ted Camat applies a wide variety of rhythms and traditional percussion instruments including the Middle Eastern dumbek, Peruvian cajón, and Brazilian pandero.

Band Members

  • Charlie Lockwood - Oud
  • Joshua Thomson - Saxophone, Flutes
  • Theodore Cesar Capaning Camat - Percussion

More About Atlas Maior on facebook.com/AtlasMaior.

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Georgia Michelle who is performing with Atas Maior from 2017