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 | Agúzate TV: Gabriel Alegría SextetteGabriel Alegria is Peru's paramount jazz artist with several groundbreaking recordings that have firmly established this unique Afro-Peruvian jazz genre. Gabriel is currently the Associate Director of Jazz Studies at New York University and holds a doctorate degree in Jazz studies from the University of Southern California. In all of Gabriel's music, the rich legacy of the black music of coastal Peru can be heard in the context of contemporary jazz expression. The band is an all-star cast of Afro-Peruvian and Jazz artists that have helped define this unique genre.Enjoy this exclusive clip of Gabriel Alegría's February 11th performance at the weekly World Music Concert Series at Old Town School of Folk Music. Agúzate TV had a chance to talk to the artists and record a little piece of Afro-Latin music history. |
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 | Agúzate TV: Tribute to Don Tommy OlivenciaIn this video, Elías Carmona captures the way in which Puerto Ricans say goodbye to their "rumberos". This montage of images from Tommy's burrial (September 22, 2006) reminds us of the street processions that took place in honor of all the great salsa musicians in history, including Hector Lavoe, Celia Cruz and Ismael Rivera. "El Entierro de Cortijo", a great example of this sociological phenomenon, was written by Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá in 1982 and tells the story of an almost infiltrated observer recounting Rafael Cortijo's burrial. Following this tradition, Carmona shares with us the images of "Despedida de Pueblo"... "A Farewell from the People".Enjoy this unique video to the sound of "El Negro Chombo", interpreted by Paquito Guzmán, one of Olivencia's long time favorite soneros. |
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