Album Notes

Formed in 1996,To B is this Portland-based ensemble's
third CD,but the first to accurately showcase the
band's high energy live-set and expanded 7-piece line
up. In September of 2000 the band was given quite a
boost by the addition of Nojeem Lasisi's talking
drum.He moved to the Portland area in 2000 following a
ten year stint recording and touring with Nigerian
Superstar KING SUNNY ADE and his playing is featured
on To B.
Over the last seven years Flatland has played all over
Oregon and Washington and opened for some of the
biggest names in jazz(Herbie Hancock and the
Head-Hunters re-union,Charlie Hunter trio,Wayne
Horwitz's Zony Mash,Galactic,the Mel Brown Sextet and
more).
"Heady and talented enough for hardcore jazz fans and grooving enough for rock fans" -the Oregonian
"Flatland meticulously molds musical souundscapes that
can alternately seduce you to sleep,get you stoned and
make you feel all slinky and sexy.Brilliance without
words." Anodyne Magazine