Going through the city of Lima you will see ads all over the place, on walls, in the streets, on signs, and even on mountains. Not only do these mountains accentuate the vastness of this sprawling, seemingly endless city, but they also serve as terrific man made billboards. In this case as an advertisement for a political candidate in the November elections.







This video is a February 11, 2007 performance of the Gabriel Alegria Sextet in Rockville, Maryland. Starting at 1:25 there is an incredible cajon solo by Freddy "Huevito" Lobaton that lasts almost one minute. In the solo Huevito uses many techniques and at 2:30 you can see how he slides his foot up and down the cajon to change its pitch. From the solo the sextet breaks into a jazz song with a very typical Afro-Peruvian Festejo beat. At 3:58 Laurnadrea Leguia has an amazing sax solo. The last song of the show 5:50 is really the essence of Afro-Peruvian jazz. I will be posting more videos from the tour as they come in.