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Title: Interesting Back Story, but Musically Uninteresting
Review: The Gilfema Trio hails from Benin, Sweeden, and Hungary; the "+2" others play the clarinet and the ocarina. The group aims for an African - jazz - world fusion sound and incorporates clapping, vocals in an African language, and nylon string guitars. So, it could make for some interesting music, but I think instead this music comes out sounding confused, unsure of itself, and a bit cheesy. The ocarina is especially bizarre (e.g. on track 5) since I thought those things only existed at Renaissance Fairs. Salome(tk 4) sticks closest to a modern jazz feel, features the clarinetist and is recommended. I don't listen to a lot of world music so maybe all of this album is more revolutionary in that setting. But in my opinion, it doesn't mesh into anything worth much air time.
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