Maurice El Medioni Meets Roberto Rodriguez.

Descarga Oriental.  Piranha

It’s certainly an unusual equation: Algeria’s greatest pianist + a Latin band = …. Well, as this loose-limbed descarga, or jam session, gets moving, the sum is satisfyingly beyond either of the parts,  To be fair, it’s Medioni who adapts his style to the band’s, but his magic peeks through when he plays the keyboard with a fluidity that belies his 77 years.  His particular “oriental piano” style, built on jazz, turns out to mix perfectly with Cuban sound led by drummer Rodriguez.