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Supergroup comprising Ahmir Thompson, Christian McBride and Uri Caine, brought together by the Ropeadope label. Ahmir Thompson is the drummer and a founding visionary of the Grammy award winning hip-hop group The Roots. He is also a member of The Soulquarians, one of the most prolific instrumental and production collectives in contemporary music. Their credits include D'Angelo, Common, Erykah Badu, Musiq Soulchild and Macy Gray to name just a few. He is the most requested drummer alive, both for touring and in the studio. He is also long-time friend and high school homeboy of the man who would gleefully join...

Philadelphia Grand Jury (The Philly Jays) are an Australian trio from Sydney, New South Wales. The band's line up consists of Joel "MC Bad Genius" Beeson on bass, keyboard and guitar, Simon "Berkfinger" Berckelman on vocals and guitar and Dan "Dan W. Sweat" Williams drums. They play a mix of indie, punk and soul. Beeson originally formed a band called Johnson in 2001 with his friend Berckelman, before creating the indie band label Motherlovin' Records in 2004. Subsequent bands included Malcolm X & the Black Auditorium and Berkfinger and The Sweats, the latter combining to form Philadelphia Grand Jury in...