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Randy Weston · 1992 · Ouverture de l'album-bilan du séjour marocain de Weston

Context

First track of The Spirits of Our Ancestors, composed by Randy Weston and recorded in 1991. The album was meant to crown his stay in Morocco; the Gulf War ultimately moved the sessions to New York.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Spiritual jazz, Jazz of the Maghreb and the Near East. Among the origins and influences of Spiritual jazz: Modal, Free jazz.

By the same artist

• The Healers (1992)
• La Elaha-Ella Allah/Morad Allah (1992)
• African Sunrise (1992)

Sources

• EN: The Spirits of Our Ancestors
• wbgo.org

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