• artist:
  Maurice El Médioni
• featured artist:
  Roberto Rodriguez
• country:
  Algeria
• region:
  North Africa
• release year:
  2006
• style(s): Jewish Latin
• 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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- Froots and Songlines pick for "Best albums of 2006"!
- Winner of the BBC Radio 3 Award Culture Crossing !

Raï pioneer and PianOriental grandmaster Maurice El Médioni from Oran, Algeria meets Latin super-drummer Roberto Rodriguez from Havana, Cuba. Unlikely combination? Not when you consider that Maurice El Médioni spent formative years playing to Puerto-Rican and black American GIs in the night-clubs of the Jewish Quarter of Oran. Highlighting the rumba roots of Raï , full to the brim with El Médioni improvisations and afro-oriental-latin grooves and all making perfect sense this specially commissioned PIRANHA release, recorded in New York, is an instant classic. Oye!

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