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Thread #5244 Message #3491749
Posted By: Marcia Stehr
18-Mar-13 - 10:39 AM
Thread Name: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
Subject: RE: Did you know Gino (Geno) Foreman
Geno and Hamza el Din singing in Nubian and playing Ouds together. Hamza taught Geno to play the Oud and sing in Nubian. They speak in Italian and English on this tape. Recorded in Sandy Bull's mother's home on 61st St in New York City in 1963. Geno and Hamza met in Rome in 1962. Geno had a tape made of Hamza and took it back to NYC and Maynard Soloman at Vanguard Recordings resulting in a contract for Hamza.