Boca Negra

Boca Negra, the fifth release by the avant-garde jazz combo Chicago Underground Duo, begins with a shofar-like invocation by cornet player Rob Mazurek. He beckons the listener like a man speaking in tongues to some kind of holy holy lama lama quasi-spiritual experience. Chad Taylor joins in on drums, changing tempos and timbres, to invite the body to dance along. The title of the track is “Green Ants”. This species of insects is known for its collective behavior and inherited intelligence in building nests and ridding its environment of natural enemies. The song extracts a divine feeling of fellowship from the listener that seems to be part of our natural genetic programming.

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