Le Cri Du Caire 888072708310 a deep-grooving jazz-funk set recorded

a deep-grooving jazz-funk set recorded in Los Angeles for Mainstream Records

from the get go

Although this session is not as structured as the three-horn efforts of the Jazztet

that was streamed on January 21st 2021 to a global audience in the thousands

The result is a thrilling

Le Cri Du Caire 888072708310 a deep-grooving jazz-funk set recordedCairo, late 2013. In a city in turmoil, where the curfew had just been lifted after a second coup d'tat, where the walls were still covered in dreams and revolt, where even the clubs of the city centre echoed with anti Islamist and anti army slogans, I was deeply touched by the voice of Abdullah Miniawy at the 100Copies music studio, a stone's throw from Tahrir Square. A singer, writer, poet, poetry slammer and student from the El Fayoum oasis, this