Maurice el Médioni meets Roberto Rodriguez - Descarga Oriental: The New York Sessions (2006)
Posted by Sisca Cute Love U in *Africa*, *Music*, *South and Central America*, Algeria, Cuba on Wednesday, April 2, 2008
«On first thought, one might be hard-pressed to find a common ground between Algerian raï music and Latin jazz. But for the pianist Maurice el Medioni, an Algerian-born Jew who left his home for France decades ago as an exile, and the Cuban-born, New York-based percussionist Roberto Rodriguez, the link connecting North Africa and Cuba is a direct one – by way of Spanish Andalusia. World music
This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 2:49 AM and is filed under *Africa*, *Music*, *South and Central America*, Algeria, Cuba. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response.
- No comments yet.
