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November 30, 2011 02:11 pm PST

Serge Gainsbourg's African-inspired "New York USA"

[video link] Here's Serge Gainsbourg in a 1964 music video for "New York USA," a track from his excellent concept album "Gainsbourg Percussions." The album, recorded with French jazz star Alain Gouraguer, melded Gainsbourg's French lounge style with Latin and African drumming. (This number appropriates the African standard "Akiwowo.") "Gainsbourg Percussions" was recently remastered and [...]


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