Mickey Hart has been a path-breaking percussionist for years. A former Grateful Dead member, he is known for bringing together players from a mix of traditions and creating dramatic new fusions. "Mondo Head," the CD he produced and played on for the renowned Japanese taiko group, Kodo, is one of his best yet. Kodo spent a week with Hart, improvising as a parade of top percussionists came, played and went. Hart then asked some fabulous ‘world beat’ vocalists to add to the improvisations. The result is ‘Mondo Head."