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  • Summary: The fourth full-length solo release for the Brooklyn-based drummer features influences from Bollywood, spaghetti Westerns, Indian folk, jazz, psychedelic and surf guitar music.
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  • Record Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
  • Genre(s): Jazz, International, Indian Subcontinent Traditions, International Fusion, Bhangra
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
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  1. Feb 25, 2020
    90
    Creatively and ideologically, this is a perfect storm for Jain. Even in his already formidable body of work, Wild Wild East stands out as an album that not only deserves to be heard, but needs to be listened to.
  2. Feb 25, 2020
    90
    With Wild Wild East, Jain has crafted a masterful, robust celebration of America's immigrant cowboy soul.
  3. Mojo
    Feb 25, 2020
    80
    The energetic groove-riding results prove utterly compelling throughout. [Mar 2020, p.91]
  4. Feb 25, 2020
    68
    The most sincere moments on Wild Wild East are the ones least weighed down with meaning.