He calls this "earth music"; it incorporates smooth jazz, European court music and Afro-Caribbean rhythms.
His musical influences included jazz, blues, funk and Afro-Caribbean rhythms.
But the sound of revolution is much more than the sum of Afro-Caribbean rhythms and political criticism.
Israel has studied the musical roots of afro-caribbean rhythms and traditional music of places where he has lived like Korea and Colombia.
In the United States, he has run workshops to teach Jazz, Afro-Caribbean rhythms and audio production.
When Afro-Caribbean rhythms gave way to the clustered dancers' stamping feet, their joyous, easy movements finally revealed a glimpse of the company's rich soul.
Mr. Pollak fell in love with another foreign tradition, the Afro-Caribbean rhythms of Cuba.
It is a fusion of Afro-Caribbean rhythms and is strongly associated with the Salvador Carnival.
Their dancing feet are the centerpiece of a program that ranges from American jazz to Afro-Caribbean rhythms, with a pause on Broadway for recognizable show-stoppers.
Mamajuana combines Afro-Caribbean and contemporary rhythms with romantic lyrics.