A Lot in a Name: The Touré-Raichel Collective and "Touré"

The Touré-Raichel Collective brings us our random tune for today, called Touré, featuring Frédéric Yonnet on harmonica. The Touré-Raichel Collective developed out of a chance airport meeting between singer and guitarist Vieux Farka Touré of Mali and pianist Idan Raichel of Israel. Promising to perform together, they fulfilled the promise in 2010 at the Tel Aviv Opera House. An impromptu session the day after at a recording studio led to three hours of improvised musical recordings and was the birth of the collective. French musician Frédéric Yonnet is known as "Prince's killer harmonica player" for his work with the musical icon, and he has also performed legendary harmonica duels onstage with Stevie Wonder. You can find Touré on The Touré-Raichel Collective's 2012 debut release The Tel Aviv Session.