Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet

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Pucusana

1. Taita Guaranguito

2. Pucusana

3. Puerto Pimentel

4. Piso 19

5. Toro Mata

6. Mono de Nazca

7. Eva

8. My Favorite Things

9. Puerto Pimentel (Alternate Take)

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The growling clarion call evokes old jazz, Louis Armstrong, and New Orleans, but the cries in Spanish, the percussion, and the gentle, looping groove takes us to a different place. Both familiar and fresh, those first bars on Peruvian trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Gabriel Alegría's Pucusana, are also a declaration of principle of Afro-Peruvian jazz music.

Nuevo Mundo

1. Buscando a Huevito

2. Summertime

3. El Norte

4. Las Hijas del Sol

5. El Sur

6. Piano de Patio (y bongo)

7. El Mar

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Trumpeter and composer Gabriel Alegría has developed a unique form of World Jazz that combines his distinctive approach to the jazz trumpet with the rich heritage of Afro-Peruvian music.

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