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Tales From The Earth features a thoroughly cosmopolitan outlook rooted in the rhythmic intensity and improvisatory, call-and-response spirit of Africa. Artists of Cuba, Haitian, West African, European, African American and Jewish American heritage converged in a Berlin studio for two days of intensive recording, without music or a predetermined conception, only a shared commitment to the communal, celebratory character that embodies the expressive riches of Mother Africa. Weaving a musical lineage of a thousand strands, Tales From The Earth recalls something of the creative spirit of M'Boom, the inventive all-percussion octet founded by Max Roach in 1970. But above all, it resounds with the Afro-Cuban traditions of Omar Sosa. Featured guests include Mark Weinstein (flutes), Jean Paul Bourelly (guitar), Aly Keita (balafon), Marque Gilmore (drums) and Aho Luc Nicaise and Mathias Agbokou (vocals).