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Universal Supersession: Abracadabra

Read "Abracadabra" reviewed by AAJ Staff


You could spend a lot of time debated what music this is. It isn’t jazz, although the fluttering trumpet fits in that category. There’s a lot of funk in this sound, but there’s also oriental scales and Moroccan instruments. And there’s rapping – but a lot of it’s in German! So what is it? It’s different – stop the debate and start the disc.

You first hear the gembri, an exotic string instrument played here like a bass. The sound ...

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Abracadabra

Mel Bay Records
1999

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