Con Zapato Y Todo, means “shoes and all”, this refers to the hybrid Afro-Peruvian music, that brings together the few remaining strands of African music in Peru with New World mixtures that emerged as a vibrant force in the 1960’s. This CD reflects this “shoes and all” mixture of Afro Peruvian rhythms with jazz harmonies and melodies, looking at jazz through a Peruvian prism that refracts the sounds and creates interesting textures on well worn jazz classics, like Stella by Starlight and Black Velvet. The musicians reflect the diversity of the sounds featuring Peruvian heavyweights, veterans of Susana Baca’s band, David Pinto on bass, Juan Medrano “Cotito” on cajon and Ernesto Hermoza on guitar with the esteemed guitarist and arranger Santiago “Coco” Linares. The recording is crowned by the presence of the diva of Lima’s musica criolla, Cecilia Bracamonte and Peru’s top sonero, Carlos Mosquera. They are joined by Latin jazz legend Jerry Gonzalez on trumpet and Argentine guitar virtuoso Hugo Wainzinger. For this CD Raul enlisted the help of veteran producer, Greg Landau (Susana Baca, Patato Valdes, Bobi Cespedes, Amadito Valdes, Maldita Vecindad, Pamela Rodriguez), who has produced six Grammy nominated Latin CD’s.