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Lokkhi Terra meets Dele Sosimi: Cubafrobeat

by Chris May
August 12, 2018

A younger version of London's Grand Union Orchestra, founded by world-jazz pioneer Tony Haynes in 1982, Lokkhi Terra was put together by keyboard player Kishon Khan in 2005. Both ensembles have made a specialism of jazz / South Asian fusion, with Lokkhi Terra also giving as much attention to music from Cuba, where Bangladeshi-born, London-based Khan lived for a while in the early 2000s. Cubafrobeat, as the title foretells, is a blend of Cuban dance music ...