Susana Baca Live at Jazz Zone

One of Peru’s most renowned musicians, Susana Baca, will offer a live recital next Saturday, February 4th, at Miraflores’ Jazz Zone Club, where she will be enchanting the audience with a repertory of beautiful and melancholic Afro Peruvian songs.  

After a successful participation in the Panafrican Musical Festival, in Congo, and a 5-month research fellowship in the U.S. (sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation), Susana comes back to Lima to present her latest album, to be launched during February 2006.

Susana Baca builds on her Afro Peruvian roots and nourishes from the sounds of blues, reggae, and jazz to create a very personal and distinctive style that has gained her a much deserved status of World Music Diva.

Although Susana Baca’s artistic career started more than 30 years ago, success only arrived at the turn of the 20th century, after she was discovered by David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label. The initial years were particularly hard, her music neither understood nor comprehended. “Music industry people asked me why I sang poetry -she recalls-. They proposed me to sing pop tunes”. She has recorded three albums -Susana Baca, Eco de Sombras and Espíritu Vivo-, all of which have been acclaimed both by the critics and public.

The recitals will be held at Jazz Zone (Av. La Paz 656, Pasaje El Suche, Miraflores, phone 241-8139). Cover 40 soles (aprox. $12). Saturday, February 4th.

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