Results for "Paquito D'Rivera"

Paquito D'Rivera with the WDR Big Band: Big Band Time

by Jack Bowers
September 25, 2003

This is one of those good old-fashioned power-laden big-band albums that begs the listener to crank up the volume and let 'er rip. Great songs and wonderful charts, essentially in a buoyant Latin groove, played to a fare-thee-well by Germany's superlative WDR Big Band, with electifying solos by Paquito D'Rivera, Claudio Roditi, other guest artists and ...

Paquito D'Rivera with the WDR Big Band: Big Band Time

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
June 25, 2003

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 ...

Brazilian Dreams

By Paquito D'Rivera

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2002
Track listing: Corcovado; One for Tom; Manha de Carnival/Gentle Rain; Desafinado; Modinha; Meu Amigo; A Ra; Retrato Em Branco e Preto; Red on Red; Snow Samba.

Juan-Carlos Formell: La Calles del Paraiso

by William Grim
November 9, 2002

If I were forced to categorize the music of Juan-Carlos Fromell I'd have to call it “Cuban-Lite." It has Spanish lyrics and the rhythms are latin-based, but it lacks the emotional intensity that we have come to expect from Cuban music. It is also overly produced, in much the same manner as so-called “smooth jazz." While ...

Paquito D'Rivera featuring the New York Voices and Claudio Roditi: Brazilian Dreams

by William Grim
November 3, 2002

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: Brazilian Dreams

by Dave Nathan
September 8, 2002

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, ...

Paquito D'Rivera: Brazilian Dreams

by C. Michael Bailey
August 20, 2002

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 ...

The Clarinetist Volume One

By Paquito D'Rivera

Label: Chesky Records
Released: 2001

Live At The Blue Note

By Paquito D'Rivera

Label: Half Note Records
Released: 2000
Track listing:

Curumim, El Cura, Buenos Aires, Tobago, Como Un Bolero, Centro Havana, Estamos Ai

Tropicana Nights

By Paquito D'Rivera

Label: Chesky Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Mambo A La Kenton; Chucho; Cicuta Tibia; Siboney, Old Miami Sax; Tropacana Nights; Sustancia; Como Fue; El Coronel Y Marina; Mambo Inn. (Total Time: 49:37)