Some black Latino history as told by Lalo Izquierdo

As I think we've mentioned, Lalo Izquierdo, the star of our documentary, A Zest for Life:  Afro-Peruvian Rhythms, a Source of Latin Jazz, is not only a master dancer and percussionist, not only a choreographer, but also a folklorist.  We filmed some very interesting interviews with him that didn't fit well into the documentary itself, but they're much too good to just cast aside.

Here is one of them, in which he explains how it is that Lima, Peru (Peru's capitol city) has so many Afro-Peruvian peddlers.



We hope in the future to post some other of his interviews, but in the meantime, we'd love to know how you like this one.

Izquierdo now has his own performance group in Lima, Peru and in addition, has recently been appointed Director of the Institute of Cultural Expression in the National Afro-Peruvian Museum in Peru.  A busy man!

Lalo Izquierdo

 He's also a man who loves to smile.  Nice guy.


OUR NEXT BLOG will be about Gabriel Alegria, my article on Afro-Peruvian jazz, etc.