La Elaha-Ella Allah/Morad Allah

Randy Weston · 1992 · Chant traditionnel avec le percussionniste marocain Yassir Chadly

Context

The only traditional piece on the album, without Weston on piano according to the page. Yassir Chadly plays percussion, karkaba and voice, which ties the record to the gnawa music of Morocco.

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

• African Village Bedford-Stuyvesant (1992)
• The Healers (1992)
• African Sunrise (1992)

Sources

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

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