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Gabriel Alegría’s Afro-Peruvian Sextet Takes on the Pandemic and Racial Injustice

Gabriel Alegría’s Afro-Peruvian Sextet: Hugo Alcázar, Freddy “Huevito” Lobatón, Alegría, Yuri Juárez, Mario Cuba, and Laura Andrea Leguía.

Virtuoso trumpeter/composer Gabriel Alegría’s latest release with his Afro-Peruvian Sextet, Social Distancing, chronicles a raging pandemic and the justified rage over racial injustice, and it offers uplift without ignoring the harsh reality of these difficult times.

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