{"id":4123,"date":"2026-05-04T21:48:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/?p=4123"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:49:09","slug":"son-alarde-en-basilea-creacion-memoria-y-pulsacion-afrolatina-video-english-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/en\/2026\/05\/04\/son-alarde-en-basilea-creacion-memoria-y-pulsacion-afrolatina-video-english-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Son Alarde en Basilea: creaci\u00f3n, memoria y pulsaci\u00f3n afrolatina (+ Video) (+ English version)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Por AfroKuba<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El pasado domingo 26 de abril, el escenario del Bird\u2019s Eye Jazz Club se convirti\u00f3 en territorio de pulsaci\u00f3n afrolatina con la presentaci\u00f3n del grupo Son Alarde, en una velada donde tradici\u00f3n, autor\u00eda y contemporaneidad dialogaron con naturalidad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bajo la direcci\u00f3n del m\u00fasico cubano Alcides Toirac \u2014proveniente del reconocido movimiento de la Nueva Trova Cubana\u2014 el proyecto se afirma desde una perspectiva creativa singular: la centralidad de la composici\u00f3n propia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El repertorio se sustenta fundamentalmente en las obras del tresero suizo Olivier Gagneux y del propio Toirac, configurando una identidad sonora donde el son cubano y el latin jazz se reescriben desde una mirada contempor\u00e1nea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Como elemento distintivo, el grupo incorpora ritmos hoy poco frecuentados o casi olvidados \u2014como el dengue, el sucu-sucu, el mambo y el pil\u00f3n\u2014, no desde la nostalgia, sino como una reactivaci\u00f3n viva de la memoria musical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En el formato \u00edntimo del club, la agrupaci\u00f3n logr\u00f3 una conexi\u00f3n directa con el p\u00fablico, evidenciando un trabajo consciente sobre la tradici\u00f3n como materia din\u00e1mica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Una noche donde la ra\u00edz no se repite: se investiga, se crea y se proyecta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"BIRD\u00b4S EYE JAZZ CLUB\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/79nT18ChRn8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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