As if San Francisco-based psychedelic kraut-rock, indie-jazz experimentalists Mushroom didnt have the ability to transport listeners to the furthest recesses of the mind with their own powers, on this latest album, Joint Happening, theyve joined forces with none other than avant-jazz legend, cutting-edge trumpet visionary Eddie Gale, best known for his classic 1969 Blue Note album Black Rhythm Happening. Mushroom provides Gale with the foundation for some of the most ghostly and haunted improvisations of his career. With Mushrooms tribal and hypnotic rhythms morphing and melting textures behind the trumpeter, the results can be described as freak jazz. Imagine '70s Miles Davis jamming with Can and Crazy Horse. Joint Happening is indeed 70-minutes worth of a stoned happening. Tracks: Peace / I Don't Need To Fight, To Prove I'm Right - I Don't Need To Be Forgiven / I Was Torn Down At The Dance Place - Shaved Head At The Organ / Border Crossing / Selling Oakland By The Pound / Our Love / The Spirit