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Abdi, which was composed for film and concert, Grant McLachlan, is part of Leon Bosch’s latest album The South African Double Bass. The piece is “quite atmospheric, but relaxing, and beautiful … evocative of the place we call home,” says Bosch.
“(The album) acknowledges my South African roots and celebrates the excellence of South African music. It is also a signpost to the future and provides the foundation of a uniquely South African school of double bass playing… There’s a kind of complexity of African rhythm. And that resonates with me. And every time I play the piece, it connects me to home… 6,000 miles evaporates when I hear the piece,” he adds.