• Jazz and Sushi

    Jazz and Sushi

    The Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet is an important band, and it should not come as a surprise that no smallish house in which they perform will be unpacked. It has doubtless happened before, but Saturday’s concert – of two separately vended sets – was the first time I have seen a full house at the…

  • Tutuma Social Club

    Tutuma Social Club

    The Tutuma Social Club has always been at the top of my list for out-of-town visitors and any in-towners who haven’t discovered it on their own yet, especially on a night when the house band was playing. If the Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet isn’t the best jazz band you’ve never heard of, then it may…

  • Pisco Portón

    Pisco Portón

    That, in the photo, is pisco in a specially designed pisco glass and how you sniff the pisco in advance of swushing it about in your mouth to adjudge its subtleties. It was a very informative talk that Pisco Portón founder Johnny Schuler gave on Saturday at Tutuma Social Club‘s Happy Hour, an event lubricated…