Music from Other Worlds (subtitle: 'listen to an idiot)
PERUJAZZ - El Tren de la Vida (2015)
"...and so you can stay among yourselves listening to Peruvian groups with bagpipes that are only listened to by a handful of people and not even their relatives buy them!" (quote)
HERE I AM! PRESENT! I, the arrogant know-it-all, frequenting the most stinky and hidden nooks, who "will never be part of a majority" as that guy said in that movie... I propose you listen to some of the most unimaginable things that have crossed my hands and ears over the years. You, listen to an idiot, spend 5 minutes on this instead of always listening (reading, watching, eating, sniffing...) to the same things you already know how they are, that you don't take risks with, because it simply leads to brain atrophy.
13) Perujazz
"Andean music is such a deadly bore..." these are things that mark you! Of course, the good Dalla was certainly not an ethnomusicologist, but that stuff about cumbia and bamboo flutes that used to circulate especially during certain Unitá parties (Ahhhh! Carla...) surely inflated his annoyance a bit...
However, as always happens, certain things become clichés and preconceptions, and it’s always good to debunk preconceptions! So here are the Perujazz!
The first group to blend Andean rhythms and music with jazz, formed by percussionist and composer Manongo Mujica (also known for a handful of incredibly interesting works, of which I recommend at least listening to "El sonido de los dioses") with remarkable results, it seems to me!
To paraphrase a song we all love...
"We are Andean
beyond 'El Condor Pasa' and Inti Illimani
there's more..."