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Afroperuvian night with Edward Perez & Christelle Durandy at Terraza 7 Live Music

Courtesy of Terraza 7 Live Music (Queens, NY) | Posted on March 26, 2012

Where

Terraza 7 Live Music
40-19 Gleane St
Queens, NY
Map

When

Sat, March 31, 2012
10:00pm

At Door

$5

Musicians

Edward Perez
bass, acoustic
Eric Kurimski
guitar, acoustic
Paulo Stagnaro
percussion

About

Bassist and composer Edward Pérez joins forces with the powerful voice of French-Carribean born singer Christelle Durandy to present a night of Peruvian songs. The group presents a repertoire ranging from invigorating festejos to sultry landos, freely combining traditional Afro-Peruvian elements with jazz, funk, and other latin styles, creating a vision of costal Peruvian music that could only come from New York.

Edward Pérez has performed with many of the greats in the Afro-Peruvian genre (Eva Ayllón, Chocolate Algendones, Juan Medrano Cotito, Sergio Valdeos, Chevo Ballumbrosio, Gigio Parodi, etc). Also known for his work as a jazz bassist, he has toured throughout the world, performing in many of the worlds foremost venues and recorded on a CD nominated for Grammy in the category of best Latin-jazz album....

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