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Moses Taiwa Molelekwa: Genes And Spirits

Read "Genes And Spirits" reviewed by Ian Nicolson

by Ian Nicolson
January 1, 1999

One of the delights of reviewing jazz these days is that there's so much cross-fertilisation going on: Africa is still injecting new rhythms, instruments and structures into the mainline; Asia is producing astonishing technicians who play with respect for their own traditions and true soul as well; and as for Latin America... well, if all the dancers in all the salsa clubs around the world decided to link hips simultaneously it would make one hell of a block party.