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Mausiki Scales’ creative and fearlessly explorative work tills new soil in the vast gardens of 21st-century jazz. Delivering a fresh project that seeks to give voice to those who have historically been voiceless, Scales draws inspiration from legendary musician and anti-apartheid activist Hugh Masekela. The renowned South African trumpeter addressed a crowd during Atlanta’s 2008 National Black Arts Festival using the term West-West Africa (WWA) to describe the concert atmosphere as it transformed into an artist/audience co-created “ritual space.” Masekela’s usage of the phrase signified a shared cultural zone functioning as a bridge connecting Africa and the Diaspora. According to Scales, the WWA concept eloquently captured the mood at that moment and seeded itself within him…Via Afrobeat, Funk, jazz-fusion, spoken word, and New Orleans Blues from Guinea to Atlanta and back, Scales takes listeners on a virtual “ring shout.” Like Stuckey’s work, Scales’ musical tour circuits the Atlantic World. In essence, Scales’ expeditions allow him to deliver listeners a musical harvest in the form of an African/Diasporic sonic history.