Rock Paper Scissors - Maurice El Medioni meets Roberto Rodriguez, Descarga Oriental: The New York Sessions (Piranha)

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"Je N' Aime Que Toi" from Descarga Oriental: The New York Sessions (Piranha)

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"Oh! Ma Belle" from Descarga Oriental: The New York Sessions (Piranha)

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Maurice El Médioni Meets Roberto Rodriguez: Descarga Oriental: The New York Sessions (Piranha): Algerian pianist El Médioni traces his family tree to pre-Inquisition Spain, but that affinity matters less than what Roberto Juan Rodriguez brings to the party. After coming to Miami, the Cuban percussionist worked bar mitzvahs and fell in love with klezmer, inventing a marvelous synthesis on El Danzon de Moises and Baila! Gitano Baila! (both on Tzadik). But where Ashkenazi music had forced him to reach out, Sephardic music had long been part of his Cuban matrix. Here they unpack it together. A- [world] 09/28/06 >> go there

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