{"id":6966,"date":"2015-09-21T17:35:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T00:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=6966"},"modified":"2015-09-21T22:55:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T05:55:49","slug":"monday-recommendation-gabriel-alegria-sextet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2015\/09\/monday-recommendation-gabriel-alegria-sextet\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Recommendation: Gabriel Alegr\u00c3\u00ada Sextet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Gabriel Alegr\u00c3\u00ada<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/10-Gabriel-Alegria\/dp\/B0117ASFS0\/?_encoding=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20\"target=\"_blank\"><em>Afro-Peruvian Sextet 10<\/em><\/a> (Zoho)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Alegria-10-Cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Alegria-10-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"Alegria 10 Cover\" width=\"200\" height=\"198\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Alegria-10-Cover.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Alegria-10-Cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Alegria-10-Cover-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Trumpeter Alegr\u00c3\u00ada\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s resourceful band of Peruvians and New Yorkers (<em>Newyoruvians?<\/em>) continue to meld Latin and North American traditions. Their stimulating fifth album alternates between the continents and blends musics, including an intriguing combination of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Take Five\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153El Condor Pasa.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d A blistering version of the traditional \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Taita Guaranguito\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and other tracks are pure Latin fire. A decade following their debut, the sextet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s success allowed Alegr\u00c3\u00ada to attract major artists to join in this demonstration of compatibility and versatility. Among them are bassists Ron Carter and Essiet Essiet, pianists Arturo O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Farrill and Russell Ferrante and tablas master Badal Roy. The repertoire includes the Peruvian and US anthems. Tenor saxophonist Laura Andrea Legu\u00c3\u00ada finds a throbbing Latin vein in her solo on \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Star Spangled Banner.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Over a bed of insistent percussion, she and Alegr\u00c3\u00ada are haunting in Ornette Coleman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Lonely Woman.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gabriel Alegr\u00c3\u00ada Afro-Peruvian Sextet 10 (Zoho) Trumpeter Alegr\u00c3\u00ada\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s resourceful band of Peruvians and New Yorkers (Newyoruvians?) continue to meld Latin and North American traditions. Their stimulating fifth album alternates between the continents and blends musics, including an intriguing combination of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Take Five\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153El Condor Pasa.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d A blistering version of the traditional \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Taita Guaranguito\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-recommendations","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}