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Alphabetical and Numerical Listings (1-270)

 88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 Alphabetical Index 2022 9/11 Remembrance Day  A00067 A Day at the Beach with God  A00229 A Day with Bernadette, A Few Moments with Moses the Ethiopian A00063 A Day with Bernadette ... and the Lady  A00144 A Full Card Table of Black Economists  A00163 A Happy Fourth of July Dancing Under the Stars  A00167 A Meditation on John Coltrane  A00197 A Most Profound Thich Nhat Hanh Memorial  A00113 A Musical Meditation on Rumi A00180 A Poker Game in Heaven  A00155 A Return to Allensworth: From a Field of Weeds to a Field of Dreams  A00149 A Return to Disneyland, A Return to Tomorrowland  A00218 A Return to Monserrat and a "Miraculous" Introduction to the Black Madonna  A00145 A Side Trip to Dublin and an Exploration of Black Irish Roots  A00146 A Surprising Connection to Our American Soul  A00148 A Tale of Two Black Economists  A00161 A Tale of Two Memorial Services  A00201 A Victory for the Descendan
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A00260 - The Magical Music of Maurice El Medioni, The Pianist Who Fused Jewish and Arab Music into Andalous

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  As one who becomes intrigued by unusual stories involving music, I found myself drawn to the obituary this week for Maurice El Medioni Maurice El Medioni, Pianist Who Fused Jewish and Arab Music, Dies at 95 - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Maurice El Medioni, Pianist Who Fused Jewish and Arab Music, Dies at 95 An Algerian, he combined the music of his Sephardic roots with Arab traditions, incorporating boogie-woogie and ... What fascinated me was that Mr. El Medioni's music was inspired by the American jazz that he heard when his country was occupied by American troops during World War II.  And that he was greatly influenced by the improvisation that he saw by the African Americans who played jazz at that time. Having read about Mr. El Medioni, I immediately wanted to see what his music sounded like.  That led me to this amazing piano performance with Omri Mor. Tribute to Maurice El Mediouni - (4) Khlassat (El Mediouni & Omri Mor) (youtube.com) Tribute to Maurice El Medioun
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