Funk jazz meets Senegal
by editors@theworld.org (Marco Werman) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6YVEC)
Organist John Medeski of the trio Medeski, Martin and Wood has been collaborating with a young up-and-coming band from Senegal, Aba Diop and the Yermande Family. Co-hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler listen to the first single off their forthcoming album, a compelling and unusual call-and-response of percussion and keyboard.