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Moraga South American Jazz

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Lead by multi-percussionist Christian Moraga, Moraga South American Jazz presents a variety of South American folkloric rhythms orchestrated and mixed with Jazz and North American song forms.

Along with the Music performance, the band leader presents the history and evolution of Rhythms such as:

  • Cueca (Chile)
  • Festejo and Landó (Perú)

  • Chacarera (Argentina)

  • Candombe (Uruguay)

  • Vallenato and Tambora (Colombia)

  • Huayno (Perú)

  • Sangueo and Golpe de Cata (Venezuela)

  • Partido Alto (Brazil)

This music includes a mix of African, Indigenous and Hispanic descendant, and has their own percussion instruments (some of them presented by the band leader) such as: 

 

  • Pandero (Chile) 
  • Cajón (Perú) 
  • Bombo Legüero (Argentina) 
  • Pandeiro and Tamborim (Brazil) 

We invite you to be part of this delightful musical journey that takes the listener to the South of the American Continent.

 


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