Synopsis
For 50 years, music collective EMBRYO has been building bridges between jazz and Indian, African and Arabic sonic worlds, as pioneers of 'World Music'. On their travels from Europe to Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, Egypt and Morocco, EMBRYO played with local musicians, – including jazz greats Mal Waldron and Charlie Mariano and Fela Kuti.EMBRYO keyboarder and director Michael Wehmeyer opens a treasure chest of previously unreleased film footage and photos to convey five decades of a new way of making music, independent of existing social and cultural norms. A cinematic jam session.
