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Alexis Cuadrado's 'A Lorca Soundscape' On JazzSet

Alexis Cuadrado sets surrealist Spanish poems to music in a concert at 92Y Tribeca. John Rogers for NPR/johnrogersnyc.com hide caption

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JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater

Alexis Cuadrado's 'A Lorca Soundscape' On JazzSet

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Cuadrado combines lines from surrealist poetry to find the music within during a concert from 92Y Tribeca. He uses Spanish and African modes and melodies, Flamenco rhythms, and more.

Alexis Cuadrado's 'A Lorca Soundscape' On JazzSet

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Wednesday

Alexis Cuadrado's 'A Lorca Soundscape': Live In Concert

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The Checkout: Live

Alexis Cuadrado's 'A Lorca Soundscape': Live In Concert

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He was born and raised in Spain, and came to New York to study — much like a Spanish poet who came before him. The jazz bassist sets the volume Poeta en Nueva York to music in this live broadcast.

Alexis Cuadrado's 'A Lorca Soundscape' In Concert

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Favorite Sessions

Alexis Cuadrado: Jazz from the Underground

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Cuadrado is a member of the Brooklyn Jazz Underground, a musicians' collective determined to make the pieces of a fragmented industry fit together. In an interview and performance from WBGO, Cuadrado and his Puzzles Quartet play music from a new independent release.

Alexis Cuadrado in Studio on WBGO 1/15/08

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