Elsden Music presents the debut recording by Afro Baroque, comprising award winning pianist and composer Yakir Arbib and Cameroonian virtuoso drummer and vocalist Conti Bilong, the duo explore traditional rhythms from central Africa and the Middle East, amalgamating Baroque style counterpoint and dynamic jazz interplay.

An unlikely pairing given the difference in their musical backgrounds, Arbib and Bilong nevertheless discovered a phenomenal synergy from the very first time they met in a small rehearsal room in Paris and started playing 'Caravan' by Duke Ellington. Yakir states that "something inexplicable happened. An instantaneous musical connection resulting from the alchemy of this unlikely encounter." This surprising connection manifests itself through genuinely unique music, the quality of which is more than evident on the Afro Baroque recording.