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Paquito D'Rivera with the WDR Big Band: Big Band Time
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
As much as I love the intimacy of trios, there's nothing like a big band--especially one with Latin rhythms, great charts and masterful soloists. Big Band Time has all of these, together with ample proof that D'Rivera is a fine writer as well as player (six of the ten tunes are his). The German WDR Big Band is tight, the arrangements are crisp, and the CD crackles with energy from that first flugelhorn blast from Claudio Roditi. As ...
Continue ReadingPaquito D'Rivera featuring the New York Voices and Claudio Roditi: Brazilian Dreams
by William Grim
This excellent cd is a recording of a live performance at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild in Pittsburgh. Fans of the New York Voices will probably already be familiar with the live performance recording at the same venue from several years earlier that featured the Voices along with the Count Basie Orchestra. The collaboration among Cuban reed virtuoso Paquito D'Rivera, the Brazilian master trumpeter Claudio Roditi and the Voices is a match made in heaven. This album is particularly noteworthy because D'Rivera ...
Continue ReadingPaquito D'Rivera: Brazilian Dreams
by Dave Nathan
Since 1987, the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild has been bringing many high caliber jazz performers to the Pittsburgh area to perform live, in front of enthusiastic audiences. Those who have graced the stage at Manchester Hall have included McCoy Tyner, Shirley Horne and Dave McKenna, to name just a very few. For this concert, the Guild has surpassed itself by combining the stylish soothing saxophone and clarinet of one of the most sought after jazz performers in the ...
Continue ReadingPaquito D'Rivera: Brazilian Dreams
by C. Michael Bailey
Jobim, anyone...? Since 1987, The Manchester Craftsman’s Guild has been instrumental in bringing high quality jazz performance to the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania area. Through these performances MCG Jazz was created to promote and document jazz performance at the Manchester Craftsman’s Guild. The archives of MCG Jazz contain some 300 CDs worth of performances and instruction. To date, MCG Jazz has released nine recordings, including A Nancy Wilson Christmas , Joe Williams Presents Nicole Yarling Live at The ...
Continue ReadingPaquito D'Rivera: Live At The Blue Note
by AAJ Staff
Now that the United States is experiencing a renaissance in awareness of the richness of Cuban music (but for who knows how long?), it's time to reappraise and re-appreciate one of the first of the Baby Boomer generation's Cuban jazz musicians. Paquito D'Rivera brought that country's music directly to the heart of jazz country--that heart being New York City. Even though Andy Garcia is signed to portray Arturo Sandoval in a biographical movie, let us not forget that it was ...
Continue ReadingPaquito D'Rivera: Live At The Blue Note
by AAJ Staff
Now that the United States is experiencing a renaissance in awareness of the richness of Cuban music (but for who knows how long?), it's time to reappraise and re-appreciate one of the first of the Baby Boomer generation's Cuban jazz musicians. Paquito D'Rivera brought that country's music directly to the heart of jazz country--that heart being New York City. Even though Andy Garcia is signed to portray Arturo Sandoval in a biographical movie, let us not forget that it was ...
Continue ReadingPaquito D'Rivera: Tropicana Nights
by Jack Bowers
With the nouveau swing revival grabbing so much headline space recently, some may not have noticed that the rhythmically dynamic music of Latin America is more widespread and assertive than ever within the confines of norteamericana. Those who remember fondly its earlier incarnations in this country, spearheaded by bands led by Xavier Cugat, Desi Arnaz, Perez Prado and others, should welcome with open arms and ears this warmhearted tribute by saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera’s ensemble to Havana’s legendary Tropicana nightclub, which ...
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