AZZAM IS UNIVERSAL

Bob Azzam & The Great Expectations: Rain Rain Go Away Berimbau Tricky Soul From S/T (Audio Fidelity, 1969) Where in the world is Bob Azzam from? If you knew nothing about him and needle-dropped through the album, you could easily believe he’s from (take your pick): the U.S., the U.K., Brazil, or the Middle East. Azzam was actually born in Monaco to a Lebanese family but his career really got started in France even though much of his best known work (to contemporary ears) was originally record...

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