10 marks the ten years since the Gabriel Alegra Afro-Peruvian Sextet has been making music in Per and the U.S.

10 marks the ten years since the Gabriel Alegra Afro-Peruvian Sextet has been making music in Per and the United States. Half of its tracks are U.S. standards and the other half Peruvian, reflecting a band that divides its time between the US and Per. Instruments that typify jazz such as the drumset, double bass, trumpet and saxophone fuse with Afro-Peruvian instruments including the cajn, cajita (a small wooden box with a flappable top), the quijada (the jawbone of an ass), and vocal interjections known as guapeo.

The acoustic guitar, a familiar instrument in both traditions, knits it all together. 10 is a musical experience entirely its own, one that finds and articulates the affinities between cultures and traditions of the two countries that the band calls home.

Track Listing

• Caravan
• Take Five / El Condor Pasa
• Taita Guaranguito
• My Favorite Things
• Birdland
• Himno Nacional Del Peru
• Lonely Woman
• Contigo Peru
• Homenaje A Chincha
• The Star Spangled Banner

Additional Details

Label:Zoho

Genre:Jazz

Language:English

Run Time:45:00 mins

Region:0

Release Date:01/15/16

UPC:880956150925