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World / Jazz singer Malika Zarra performs "Berber Taxi" live at the Jazz Standard. Her album "Berber Taxi" is available on Motema Music:
http://www.motema.com/artist/malika-zarra

Get a free download of the song "Berber Taxi":
http://malikazarra.bandcamp.com/

Video by Michal Shapiro:
"Zarra has a warm and caressing presence, and she introduced this traditional song that she learned from her mother by telling of how in remote villages, sometimes one hopes that a taxi will come from far away, bringing love. But the song also operates as a metaphor for Zarra's own inner journey through Morocco, France and New York City. She grew up listening to traditional music in her home, but was introduced to jazz after the family moved to France, where her formal musical studies began. Throughout the evening, the cadences of Arabic and Berber dialects sat easily within the sophisticated arrangements, as did the modalities of the melodies. By the end of her set, the audience was thoroughly entranced."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michal-shapiro/malika-zarra-takes-a-berb_b_853936.html