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Majid Bekkas, Nguyên Lê, Hamid Drake: Boom Boom

At a time of daunting provincialism and tribal regression, jazz remains one of the few welcoming oases for the globally minded.

If you're one of then, enjoy this track, feauturing a Moroccan oud and guembri player—and vocalist—Majid Bekkas, a Franco Vietnamese guitarist, Nguyen Le, and a living legend of the Chicago scene like drummer Hamid Drake, playing in Germany—at the Berlin Philarmonie—a cover of John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom"—just one of the many highlights from their latest album, aptly titled Gnawa World Blues (ACT Music).



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