Last week was the Lima Jazz Festival, a week long festival, with master classes during the day and concerts at night. Artists participating in the festival included Joe Magnerelli, whose work on "Time was Time" with the Ray Barretto "New Sextet was nominated for a grammy, John Thomas, who has played trumpet for Count Basie, Chick Corea, and for the Academy Award Winning film Ray, Jazz Vocalist, Kathleen Grace, who was a finalist in the 2007 International Songwriting Competition for her song "Songbird." The Festival also featured a brazilian jazz trio, a Colombian jazz group, and many more. The highlight of the festival was the Ndugu Chancler Jazz Peru Project, where three time grammy nominated drummer, producer, composer, and clinician, Ndugu Chancler, who has performed and recorded with Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, George Duke, Patrice Rushen, Hubert Laws, The Crusaders, Frank Sinatra, Weather Report, Lionel Richie, Kenny Rogers, Thelonious Monk, John Lee Hooker, and was the drummer for the Michael Jackson "thriller" album, teamed up with the Gabriel Alegria Sextet, and the Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra, to perform the songs from the Gabreil Alegria's, Saponegro Album, Nuevo Mundo. It was really a great show to see. I am posting video footage of a partial clip of the Ndugu Chancler Jazz Project performance at Satchmo's on Ave. La Paz in miraflores. The camera is a little shaky but its great audio.
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