Azouhouni Adou, Afro-Jazz Piano

10/04/2006

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Episode Synopsis

Ivorean Azouhouni Adou talks about his new album "I Gotta Go," African identity, his jazz heroes, playing African music in Disney World, the roots of his music, his compositional inspirations, and a genre of music he invented called "African Extended."

Azouhouni's diverse and exciting compositions will carry you on a journey through harmonic rhythmic colors, where African genres as diverse as bikutsi, ziglibithy, afrobeat, juju and highlife meet their Western counterparts of funk, blues and jazz.

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