• artist:
  Maurice El Médioni
• featured artist:
  The Klezmatics' David Krakauer & Frank London
• country:
  Algeria
• release year:
  1996
• style(s): Oriental
• formats:
  • audio file
  • CD (Compact Disc)
• record submitted by:
  piranha womex AG (music & IT)
• label:
  piranha womex AG (music & IT)
• publisher:
  piranha womex AG (music & IT)
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Once upon a time in Algeria....... a streetwise teenage boy started playing piano in the bars of Oran's Jewish Quarter. It was 1942 and American GIs were in town bringing with them the sounds of Boogie-Woogie, Jazz and Cuban rhythms. Maurice El Médioni was that boy, soaking up those musical influences and, adding French chanson, Andalusian and Arabic styles to the mix, growing to become one of the pioneers of Algerian Raï music, playing for some of the biggest names of the golden era and his influence acknowledged by the stars of today such as Khaled and Rachid Taha.
Now, with a band featuring Salamat's Mahmoud Fadl and the Klezmatics' David Krakauer and Frank London, the man is back in the spotlight at the Café Oran.

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