Susana Baca Espíritu Vivo 11/12/13 Israels' essentially supportive playing with

Israels' essentially supportive playing with the Trio made for a studied contrast with the brashly virtuosic LaFaro

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Released: 9/15/23

Much of the last half of the record is devoted to introspection

Susana Baca Espíritu Vivo 11/12/13 Israels' essentially supportive playing withI was born in Lima and grew up in a small town in Peru called Chorrillos. My father was a chauffeur for a wealthy family and my mother worked as a cook and sometimes washed clothes. In Lima we lived in an alleyway, the kind where the servants lived, off the main streets past the fancy neighborhoods. My father played the guitar. He was the official musician of the alley. Whenever there was a party they called him. People came and we put on a show. I