Yuri Juárez Afroperuano Group [Latin Jazz Mondays]
63 Gansevoort Street New York, NY 10014
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Yuri Juárez is a Peruvian guitarist, arranger and composer who began his career in 1996 as guitarist for various groups of Afro-Peruvian music, folk, and fusion.
He has shared the stage and recorded with musicians like Eva Ayllón, Arturo O'Farrill, Ron Carter, Susana Baca, Claudia Acuña, Pamela Rodriguez, and iconic Peruvian composers such as Kiri Escobar and Javier Lazo, and trail blazing bands including the Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet and Novalima, among others.
In 2000, Juárez became involved with Latin-American folk music for the first time with the group Sin Líneas en el Mapa. In 2004, he explored the Afro-Peruvian Jazz current with Edward Perez, Rafael “Fusa” Miranda, and Juan Medrano Cotito. Four years later, Juárez released his first internationally-acclaimed album with its own repertoire and important composers such as Chabuca Granda, Carlos Hayre, and Chucho Valdes.
In December 2009, Juárez received the Latin Jazz Corner Awards in the categories of Best Afro-Peruvian Jazz Album and Best Latin Jazz Guitarist debut for his “Afroperuano.” In 2012 he released "TANGOLANDÓ" with the Argentinean singer Sofía Tosello. On this album tango meets Afro-Peruvian rhythms in an original fusion. Tangolandó received a nomination for The Indepentedent Music Awards.
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