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

10 marks the ten years since the Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet has been making music in Perú 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 Perú. Instruments that typify jazz such as the drumset, double bass, trumpet and saxophone fuse with Afro-Peruvian instruments including the cajón, 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