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Jazz at Lincoln Center administered the 2006 tours of The Rhythm Road - American Music Abroad program. Jazz and urban music ensembles, which toured were Grupo Yanqui, JazzSabroson Latin Quartet, Opus Akoben Hip-hop Ensemble, Agora Latin Jazz Quartet, Alejandro Aviles Latin Jazz Quartet, Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans Latin Jazz Quartet, Rhythmic Prophecies Latin Jazz Ensemble and the Toni Blackman Hip-Hop Ensemble. The tours included destinations in Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Balkans. In addition to public performances, U.S. embassy-sponsored programs include master classes, workshops, jam sessions, and radio and TV appearances.

To learn more about the 2006 Rhythm Road Performers, visit: http://www.jalc.org/TheRoad_noFl/band_archives/bands_2005_06.html

To learn more about the tours, visit:
Agora Latin Jazz Quartet
Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Kosovo
http://istanbul.usconsulate.gov/agora.htm

Alejandro Aviles Latin Jazz Quartet
Barbados, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Trinidad
http://bridgetown.usembassy.gov/jazz_quartet.html

Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans Latin Jazz Quartet
Madagascar, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya
http://usa.ural.ru/v2/news/021706.php

Grupo Yanqui
Estonia; Serbia and Montenegro; Russia; Sweden
http://usa.ural.ru/v2/news/021706.php

JazzSabroson
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mauritania, Algeria, Mali, and Morocco

Opus Akoben Hip-hop Ensemble
Bahrain; Tel Aviv, Israel; Amman, Jordan, and Austria
http://bahrain.usembassy.gov/programs_and_events/u.s.-hip-hop-band

Rhythmic Prophecies Latin Jazz Ensemble
Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
http://colombo.usembassy.gov/feb1406.html

Toni Blackman Hip-hop Ensemble
Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan
http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/news/press/2006/nrot004.html