The Best of Paquito d'Rivera [Original recording remastered]

The Best of Paquito d'Rivera [Original recording remastered]

ASIN: B0000630YN

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The Havana-born saxophonist-clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera was a member of the Cuban National Symphony. He was also a star in Chucho Valdes's supergroup, Irakere, and played with Dizzy Gillespie before he defected to Spain and relocated to the U.S. in the early 1980s. This collection comprises selections from his Columbia recordings from 1981 to 1987. These tracks highlight D'Rivera's extraordinary fusion of the Cuban clave with jazz and classical music. D'Rivera's razor-sharp alto and soprano sax lines echo Charlie Parker's flights on the dancing "Monk-Tuno," the Cu-bop classic "Manteca," and the festive number, "Why Not!," while his clarinet improvisations recall Benny Goodman's tones. Long before Calle 54, Paquito D'Rivera was moving Latin jazz to the next level. --Eugene Holley Jr.

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Jazz Music:

1. The Dance of Life
2. The Illinois Concert [Live]
3. The Jazz Mandolin Project: Sun Died
4. The Miles Davis and Gil Evans: Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Box set] [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]
5. The Other Side of Jobim
6. The Poll Winners
7. The Simple Life
8. The Water Garden
9. The Young Benny Goodman 1928-1931
10. This Is Ryan [Import]

Jazz Music

Jazz Music