Béla Fleck: Throw Down Your Heart: Africa Sessions | CD review

(Rounder)Ever since Ry Cooder teamed up with Ali Farka Touré, a steady stream of western musicians have set out to collaborate with their African counterparts. Even so, Béla Fleck 's project is impressively original, simply because the banjo virtuoso, best known for fusing country and jazz, travelled so widely across the continent, playing with anyone from major stars to Ugandan cooks. Fleck is a fine, inventive player, and he knows when to take centre stage and when to join the backing ba...

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