Man Jumping

Man Jumping recorded some of the most captivating contemporary music of the 1980s, combining elements of various genres and styles that were commercially popular at the time, and yet the group's eclectic combination of influences ultimately failed to capture the era's Zeitgeist, whatever that was. But imagine a large instrumental ensemble with a decidedly global perspective, enamored of worldbeat and ethnic fusion rhythms but with the minimalistic precision of Steve Reich along with the pop sensibilities of Brian Eno and David Byrne -- not to mention some of Eno and Byrne's av...