Laraaji - Bethlehem (2022)

Laraaji is a musician, mystic and laughter meditation practitioner based in New York City. He began playing music on the streets in the 1970s, improvising experimental jams on a modified autoharp processed through various electronic effects. He has since released albums for a variety of labels, often recording himself at home and selling the results as cassettes during his street performances.

A small Glimpse of Laraaji's classic first album from 1978, Celestial Vibration. His playing is influenced by spiritual jazz (particularly Albert Ayler and both John and Alice Coltrane) as well as traditional African rhythms, but it sounds like nothing else before it.



Tracklist:
1 01. Laraaji - Bethlehem (Glimpse) (05:46)
1 02. Laraaji - Bethlehem (24:33)