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Michel Camilo: From Dominica to Spain and Back Again
by Derrick A. Smith
This interview was first published at All About Jazz in July 2000. After performing more than 40 concerts together, longtime friends Michel Camilo and Tomatito recorded Spain, an album that fuses their respective backgrounds of Latin Jazz and flamenco. Spain was released in the country of its title in 1999 to wide critical acclaim ...
Paquito D'Rivera at Mount Vernon Country Club
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 ...
Jazz at Lincoln Center: The Search for Original African Music
by Nick Catalano
Although jazz emerged as an art form around the turn of the Twentieth century in the southern United States, its roots extend backward over several centuries. The music largely developed from a synthesis of many African and European forms that was achieved through the institution of slavery. Blacks were captured or purchased from specific “factory" areas ...
Gian-Carla Tisera, Elio Villafranca: Nora la Bella
by Alberto Bazzurro
La boliviana (ma californiana d'adozione) Gian-Carla Tisera, in combutta col pianista e arrangiatore cubano Elio Villafranca, tenta uno dei suoi improbabili patchwork (che qualcuno giudica persino audaci, mentre sono semplicemente kitsch-compiacenti) in questo suo nuovo lavoro, che trascorre con emblematica disinvoltura da Puccini agli Inti Illimani e coinvolge fra gli altri il trombettista argentino Diego Urcola, ...
Colonic Youth, Andy Farber, Tal Ronen & Paquito D'Rivera
by Martin Longley
Colonic Youth Trans-Pecos December 22, 2014 In the wintry wasteland, the new-ish Trans-Pecos venue did not seem to boast a particularly peachy set-up. It may or may not still be operated by Todd P, normally known as a promoter of slightly swerved rock outfits, and there were tales of this ...
2014: The Year in Jazz
by Ken Franckling
The year 2014 turned out to be a year noteworthy for its numbers. Newport turned 60, Blue Note turned 75, International Jazz Day's third edition featured 900 events in more than 190 countries. The jazz world lost seven of its NEA Jazz Masters, and New Orleans trumpeter Lionel Ferbos died at 103. Sad but not unexpected, ...
Music Of Departures And Returns
By Oscar Penas
Label: MusikOZ
Released: 2014
Track listing: 1. Paquito's Choro 5:14
2. Rabo de Nube 4:32
3. Skylark 1:59
4. Paco 7:30
5. The Everyday Struggle 6:30
6. Etude No. 1 5:08
7. Rain 4:44
8. Cançó Número. 6 2:06
Jazz Meets the Classics
Label: Paquito Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Fantasia Improptu; Beethoven Peru; Adagio; Die Zauberclarinete; Al Fin Te Vi; Las Abejas; Vals de la Media Hora;
Nocturno en la Celda; Pa Bebo; E minor Prelude.
Manuel Valera Sr.: Recuerdos
by Dan Bilawsky
There's quite a bit of Cuban music history in Manuel Valera Sr.'s fingertips. Over the course of his career, he's put his saxophone to good use in the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, Mario Bauza's Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra, Machito's Orchestra, Paquito D'Rivera's Big Band, and numerous other groups; he's played alongside bassist Israel “Cachao" Lopez, ...
Paquito D'Rivera: Jazz Meets the Classics
by Maurizio Zerbo
Forte di una solida fama internazionale, il sassofonista cubano ci propone questo singolare CD ispirato dalla musica eurocolta. Dedicati ai più celebri compositori Bach, Mozart, Chopin) di tale tradizione, gli arrangiamenti mostrano la formazione classica del leader esaltandone il grande virtuosismo strumentale. Tanta è la tecnica messa in campo, dinanzi alla quale cedono il passo l'ispirazione ...
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