RSD 2021 DROP 1. Available online from 6pm Sat June 12

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    Strut present the definitive edition of a classic of Egyptian jazz, Salah Ragab’s seminal ‘Cairo Jazz Band’ album from 1973, blending black American jazz with Egyptian folklore and Islamic tradition.

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