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PASTURES OF THE FUTURE
Jim Matus, laoutar, Jerome Harris, bass, 2021 
Jim Matus' instrumental compositions with jazz bass player, Jerome Harris, who has played with Sonny Rollins and Jack DeJohnette, among others. 
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INITIATION ​Impulse Ensemble, 2010
Percussionist/spoken word artist Tony Vacca, laoutar player/vocalist Jim Matus and violinist-vocalist Derrik Jordan - equally at home performing with an orchestra or in a free-form improvisation. 
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HIGH WE SHINE THE SKY
​Matus Salins Marching Band, 2021
debut CD of the progressive folk-jazz debut of Laila Salins and Jim Matus, accompanied by guitar, laoutar and harmonium.
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 ABJECT DIRGES AND SOARING ANTHEMS
​ Jim Matus, 2019
Words and music, lead vocals and all instruments by Matus. Percussion; Jed Blume and Tony Vacca
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HIGH HILLS IN THE CREAVING ROAD
MAWWAL, 2010
features Shane Shanahan and Tony Vacca, percussion; Percy Jones, bass; Jay Gandhi, bansuri flute; and Laila Salins, vocals
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ONE WHO'S JUST BRIGHT AN EAR
HEARS IT,  Jim Matus, 2017
​Matus, laoutar, with guests: Tony Vacca, Michel Moushabeck, Tido Holtkamp and Pitz Quatrone
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SIGHT UP
MAWWAL, 2009
features Jill O'Brien, vocals; Joe O'Brien, bass; Rohan Gregory; violin; Shane Shanahan, percussion
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ONCE IF FOUND BY LONGING GREW
​Jim Matus, 2015
The unadulterated, pure sound of the solo laoutar, designed by Matus, performing his original compositions.
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THIS IS ALL THERE IS, THERE IS NO        
​OTHER PLACE, MAWWAL, 2008 
a spirited acoustic/electric CD of original progressive music by Matus, trance-inducing world fusion, and arrangements of traditional Middle Eastern music.   
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WHILE SLEEPING WATCH
Jim Matus, Doug Raneri, 2012
​Jim's compositions arranged for laoutar and drums - combining jazz, Eastern and jam music - lyric melodies accompanied by rich  harmonies and trance-like rhythms.
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BLACK FLIES, MAWWAL, 2007
​Features Paranoise drummer Geoff Brown; Percy Jones, bass; Vlada Tomova's Yasna Voices; and Galen Brandt, vocals - with two songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn.
PARANOISE: Progressive World Fusion band with leftist/progressive political messaging. Their dynamic. dense sound included loops and spoken word samples from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Master Musicians Of Jajouka, Noam Chomsky and Terrence McKenna.
CDs listed below:
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ISHQ
​2001
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PRIVATE POWER
  1999
START A NEW RACE
1992
CONSTANT FEAR
1988