(Jazz Fusion) Ahmad Mansour - Public Domain - 2008, MP3, 320 kbps

Iranian born American guitarist and composer Ahmad Mansour attended Berklee College of music in the early eighties, also studying with John Abercrombie, Mick Goodrick and Ritchie Beirach before moving to New York City in 1986, performing and recording with many of the city's best musicians. Tours and CD releases have earned critical acclaim from both sides of the Atlantic.
Bill Milkowski, a regular contributor to Jazz Times and Jazziz magazines, writes in the liner notes, "Ahmad Mansour's Public Domain is bristling with an adventurous spirit of risk-taking and discovery. If jazz is the sound of surprise, then this is jazz with a capital 'J'. Joined by fellow daredevils and audacious improvisers Stomu Takeishi on 5-string electric bass and Ted Poor on drums -- two ubiquitous figures on New York's creative downtown music scene -- Mansour explores some rather open-ended, outre territory in these live performances. Mansour and his highly interactive trio create music that is at once compelling and provocative, edgy and at times hauntingly beautiful. Stay tuned for an upcoming tour by Mansour's latest cutting edge trio. These three adventurous kindred spirits are bound to push the envelope even further the next time they hit the bandstand."

Ahmad Mansour - Guitar
Stomu Takeichi - Bass
Ted Poor - Drums