Egypt StrutSalah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band12 AlbumGenre: JazzDescription: Inspired by a concert in Cairo by Randy Weston in 1967 encouraging PanAfrican unity drummer Ragab Eduard 'Edu' Vizvari a Czech jazz musician and Hartmut Geerken of Goethe Institut vowed to create Egypt's first jazz big band. Following the Arab-Israeli war Ragab became a Major in the Egyptian army and had unparalleled access to the military's 3000 musicians spanning Upper and Lower Egypt along with a wide range of instruments. Part of the barracks were christened the Jazz House and following a crash course in jazz history by Geerken the Cairo Jazz Band was born playing their first concert at Ewart Memorial Hall at the American University in 1969.
