Paquito D`Rivera

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Grammy Award-winning musician and composer Paquito D'Rivera delivers twelve opulent tracks in a contemporary chamber music setting accompanied by his long-time Chamber Trio members pianist Alon Yavnai and cellist Mark Summer. D'Rivera applies a beautiful Latin arranger's palette to a diverse repertoire of music ranging from the original composition "Preludio Y Merengue" to "Night in Tunisia". The album was recorded in Chesky's signature audiophile sound at the Foundation for Iberian Music at the City University of NY.

D'Rivera has won two Grammy Awards for his previous Chesky releases Portraits of Cuba (1996) and Tropicana Nights (2000). He was the first artist to win a Latin Grammy in both the Classical and Latin Jazz categories. He has recorded over thirty solo albums in jazz, bebop and Latin music and has performed with numerous prestigious classical music ensembles around the world.

PERSONNEL:

PAQUITO D'RIVERA, clarinet. alto sax
MARC SUMMER, cello
ALON YAVNAI, piano

Live, University of New York, New York, December 21-23, 2004

TRACKS:

01. Preludio y Merengue
02. Difficult
03. Recorda A Papa
04. A Night in Tunisia
05. Alfonsina y el Mar
06. Kalimba
07. Five After
08. Cristal
09. Improvisation (Saxophone solo)
10. A Fuego Lento
11. Carinhoso
12. Niebla y Cemento