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Mbira Magic

Label: Tzadik
Released: 2005
Track listing: Eleven; Steelhead; Double Dose; Message From Mozart; The Island; Bells; Abstraction #1; Bolivian Lullaby

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Richard Crandell: Mbira Magic

Read "Mbira Magic" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


The mbira, or thumb piano, is the classic instrument of Zimbabwe. It consists of approximately 20 to 24 flattened metal prongs which are fastened at one end to a wooden resonator body and has a chiming, cyclical sound. Many jazz musicians have explored the possibilities of the mbira, from bassist William Parker to Israeli saxophonist Assif ...


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