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Inside The Interview

Bach, Bebop & Bay Area: Paquito D'Rivera’s Jazz Odyssey

Read "Bach, Bebop & Bay Area: Paquito D'Rivera’s Jazz Odyssey" reviewed by Steven Roby


Paquito D'Rivera arrived in San Francisco for an upcoming concert at SFJAZZ with a mission and a grin--one that views borders as mere suggestions. Two nights on the Miner Auditorium stage with his seasoned quintet will celebrate years of practice and spontaneous creativity, tracing a career that started with prodigy recitals in Havana and has spanned orchestras, big bands, and clubs worldwide. This interview, conducted before the concerts, revolved around Jazz Meets the Classics (Paquito Records/Sunnyside Records), a ...

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Album Review

Sergio Pamies: Time to Say

Read "Time to Say" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Spanish themes and rhythms reign supreme on Time to Say, Granada-born composer, arranger and pianist Sergio Pamies' fourth album, one that is enhanced on its opening and closing numbers, respectively, by the presence of renowned woodwind artists Dave Liebman and Paquito D'Rivera. Not that Pamies' septet needs much help, as everyone is laser-focused and totally in sync. At the same time, Pamies, trumpeter Alex Norris, trombonist Marshall Gilkes and saxophonist Michael Thomas (on alto or soprano) are ...

Album Review

Eddy Marcano: Onda Nueva

Read "Onda Nueva" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Un CD di soli ventisei minuti è una discreta anomalia, ove non si tratti di musica leggera. Già, ma questo nuovo album del violinista venezuelano Eddy Marcano non appartiene forse alla generosa e ampiamente ramificata congrega della musica leggera? Diremmo proprio di sì, e neppure quella che--stando a quanto dice Ivano Fossati in “Una notte in Italia"--"dobbiamo imparare." No, questa l'hanno già imparata fin troppo bene Marcano e soci, impeccabili sotto il profilo esecutivo, ma magari per un veglione di ...

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Album Review

Hilario Duran: Cry Me A River

Read "Cry Me A River" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Hilario Durán is a renowned Cuban-Canadian jazz pianist and composer known for contributing to Latin jazz. He does not release big band efforts often, but with the release of Cry Me A River, he has reconstituted his Latin Jazz Big Band to take us on an extraordinary musical journey, effortlessly blending myriad genres into his singular style. Durán's Afro-Caribbean cultural attachment informs the nine works of both originals and covers in this outing, resulting in a unique tapestry of sound. ...

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Album Review

Diego Urcola Quartet: El Duelo

Read "El Duelo" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


The cover of this album shows Diego Urcola (trumpet, flugelhorn) and Paquito D'Rivera (alto saxophone, clarinet) back-to-back, as if about to engage in the titular duel. But the sound is that of two veteran players jointly taking a leap into the unknown. A quartet without piano is an unusual setting for both of them. D'Rivera's liner notes mention Gerry Mulligan's quartet with Chet Baker (represented by “ I Know, Don't Know How"), but Ornette Coleman's quartet is another, more surprising ...

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Live Review

Paquito D’Rivera Quintet at the Regattabar

Read "Paquito D’Rivera Quintet at the Regattabar" reviewed by Nat Seelen


Paquito D'Rivera Quintet Regattabar Cambridge, MA October 19, 2018 For over four decades, Paquito D'Rivera has been an institution in the global music scene. Flitting between jazz, latin, and classical music since he was a boy studying at the Havana Conservatory of Music, he's logged thousands of miles, more than fifty albums as leader, and fourteen GRAMMY awards (He's won in both the Latin Jazz and Classical categories. In the same year. ...

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Live Review

Paquito D'Rivera at Mount Vernon Country Club

Read "Paquito D'Rivera at Mount Vernon Country Club" reviewed by Geoff Anderson


Paquito D'Rivera Mount Vernon Country Club Golden, Colorado February 27, 2015 Jazz. Pass it on. That was a big part of what happened Friday night at the Mount Vernon Country Club in the foothills west of Denver. National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master and multiple Grammy winner Paquito D'Rivera led an ensemble of primarily college students in an evening of Latin jazz. The groove was solid, the song selection impeccable and the ...


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