Roberto Juan Rodriguez Fuses Jewish, Afro-Cuban Music

NPR | By Tom Moon

Published January 26, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

What do you get when you combine traditional Jewish music with infectious Afro-Cuban rhythms? The new album by Roberto Juan Rodriguez, Baila! Gitano Baila!, attempts that daring fusion. Tom Moon has a review.

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Tom Moon has been writing about pop, rock, jazz, blues, hip-hop and the music of the world since 1983.

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