Remember the Eddie Murphy character in “Coming to America”?  Suppose he was real, not a comic book character and came from the family that invented xylophones 800 years ago.  Now filter that through the first time you heard Milt Jackson and thought he was cool.  Now filter that thorough the mind of someone that wants ot keep the sound alive in it’s traditional form but wants modern ears to appreciate what’s going on.  Add up all the cool elements and you get a heady world beat brew much like what’s going on here.  Snazzy indigenous African beat with some jazzy sides and the feel of the streets.  Add it up as not your old man’s world beat.  Cracklingly alive and ripe and ready for zesty enjoyment.

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