“The Afro-Peruvian Sextet knows its mission well and has the execution down to a science!”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES

Join the sextet for their first time ever in North Carolina at the Pour House Music Hall.

The Afro-Peruvian Sextet was established in 2005. The ensemble’s insistently inventive program of traditional Afro-Peruvian music transformed by Gabriel Alegría’s highly personal synthesis of folkloric Afro-Peruvian rhythms, jazz, and other musical strains has led to a signature accomplishment: developing the band’s patented blend of deep scholarship and playfulness into a touring experience that conveys a vast knowledge of the music and, perhaps more importantly, transmits black music from coastal Perú as a way of life to its audiences.

Each member of the Sextet is not only a master musician but also a dedicated and experienced educator. During more than ten years on the road together, the mission of the band has incessantly been to spread the joy and love of Afro-Peruvian music around the world. This has happened both on the stage and through workshops, master classes, after-hour hangs and even cooking (as food and music are inseparable in Afro-Peruvian musical culture, the band is never shy to demonstrate!) As trumpet master Bobby Shew once commented “hanging out with these people is a chapter in your life!”

“The Afro-Peruvian Sextet is writing a new chapter in the history of Latin jazz.”

— DOUG RAMSEY, RIFFTIDES

“To be loved by progressives and block-party dancers alike.”

— DOWNBEAT

“Dynamic ensemble explores the affinities between modern jazz and the Afro-Latin continuum in Peru.”

— THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Rhythm-saturated, orchestrally-enticing performances that are the definition of sonic joy.”

— LATINO MAGAZINE

“The group’s stunning new CD, Ciudad de los Reyes, represents a culmination of their efforts to establish Afro-Peruvian jazz as a genre unto itself.”

— JAZZ CORNER