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Eastside Punks #26 / Guitarist Eric Kurimski Interview


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Roman Rojas of the Eastside Punks Podcast stopped by Eric Kurimski’s house in New York City to talk for a while and hear him play. Eric is a guitarrist that has spent years perfecting and studying Afro Peruvian music.
"The spectacular playing and skillful blend of acoustic and electric tones bring authority to this brilliant co-mingling of (jazz and Afro Peruvian) traditions that are, after all, rooted in the same musical heritage." 
- Guitar Player Magazine (Jan '09) 
"...2008 will be remembered as the year that Latin Jazz officially stepped outside the authority of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian rhythms, and leading the charge is Eric Kurimski’s outstanding Afro- Peruvian Jazz album Réplica." 
- Latin Jazz Corner 
"The true essence of the Peruvian Cajon (box) walks hand and hand with the modern Jazz Guitar through the streets of New York." 
- Rafael Santa Cruz (www.cajonperuano.org) 
“...elaborate guitar work that goes beyond the usual accompaniment found in many Afro- Peruvian bands.” 
- Angel Romero (www.worldmusiccentral.org)
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