You're probably thinking Afro-Peruvian? Exactly! Beats, box, sax, keys, strings... Last week I went to see the Gabriel Alegrìa Afro-Peruvian Sextet at the UM School of Music. If you aren't familiar with UM's annual Jazz Festival, you should be. (I wasn't till last week so don't feel bad.) I was fortunate enough to see this team of musicians from Lima really do their thing. Highlights.. the saxophone, wow. Lisa Simpson who? El Cajon, not uncommon at all but this guy knew what he was doing. I did discover a new instrument though, a donkey jawbone. Yep, donkey jawbone called la Quijada...makes a distinctive percussive sound, pretty cool. If there was someone in the audinece who was not jamming they were more than likey dead.
Thumbs up to the Peruanos.To add a bit of local charm, the School of Music's very own Dean, Mr. Shelly Berg jammed on the piano for a couple of scores and he really went for it. The man is incredible. I guess you kinda-sorta-haveta-play music to be the Dean of the music school.
The band will be doing several shows in NY in the next few months during their 2010 Pucusana Tour. If you're in NY...check them out. http://www.gabrielalegria.com/
-OneLove
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