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Another essential offering from Egypt, the Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble was formed by Salah Ragab and Hartmut Geerken. One of the only efforts of its kind to have existed in the country, their sole album Heliopolis - issued in 1970, is a stunning display of a sonic reality which remains almost entirely unknown. Enabled by Geerken’s connections with the Goethe-Institut in Cairo, original copies are as rare as they come - among the most sought after in the canon of recorded jazz. An entirely singular work, Heliopolis is a stunning blend of big band spiritual jazz, the music of the Middle East, and the fire and energy of Free-Jazz - standing with the best of anything of the era, while unmistakable rising toward it’s own unique heights. A throbbing, squealing, wild journey through the wonders of sound. A realisation of everything that the inventors jazz might have hoped. The great potential of art crossing borders, spanning two incredible sides. This is might be as good as music gets.
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