In a Music Haven concert moved indoors by storms onto the Proctors main stage, they blurred and blended, sampled and celebrated. When Muslim Arabs and Moors invaded Spain and Portugal in 711, North African culture came with them. But where jazz-rock fusion sometimes shows its seams, La Banda Morsica made music more organic and unified. Generally, the older their folkloric source tunes – and some dated back centuries – the more North African was what they made from it. Torres played mostly soprano or alto saxophones in up-tempo runs, gralla or tarota in intros and codas.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 15, 2023 05:37 UTC