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This best-of marks the six years that Cuban saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera spent on Columbia Records, between 1981 and 1987. This was a period when the great jazzman walked the knife's edge between very commercial-sounding Latin-tinged jazz and the burning sound of his return to his roots. There is a phenomenal version of "On Green Dolphin Street" here, and Michel Camilo's "Just Kiddin'" evokes Dizzy Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts" in a quote near the beginning. The burning salsero "Manteca" is also here, as are some beautiful midtempo ballads such as D'Rivera's own "Song for Maura" and classically graced "Wapango." A fine introduction.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Mike Berniker, Producer - N. Washington, Composer - N. Washington, Lyricist - B. Kaper, Composer - B. Kaper, Lyricist - Bert DeCoteaux, Producer - Paquito D'Rivera, Performer - Paquito D'Rivera, Saxophone
(P) 1981 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
HELEN KEANE, Producer - E. D. Brito, Composer - E. D. Brito, Lyricist - Paquito D'Rivera, Performer - Paquito D'Rivera, Producer - Paquito D'Rivera, Clarinet
(P) 1984 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Mike Berniker, Producer - Bert DeCoteaux, Producer - Paquito D'Rivera, Performer - Paquito D'Rivera, Composer - Paquito D'Rivera, Lyricist
(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Mike Berniker, Producer - P. D'RIVERA, Composer - P. D'RIVERA, Lyricist - Bert DeCoteaux, Producer - Paquito D'Rivera, Performer - Paquito D'Rivera, Saxophone
(P) 1981 CBS INC.
Daniel Freiberg, Keyboards - Ignacio Berroa, Drums - Mike Berniker, Producer - Farreed Haque, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Bert DeCoteaux, Producer - Claudio Roditi, Percussion - Claudio Roditi, Flugelhorn - Paquito D'Rivera, Performer - Paquito D'Rivera, Clarinet - P. D'RIVERA, Composer - P. D'RIVERA, Lyricist - Sammy Figueroa, Percussion - Sergio Brandao, Acoustic Bass
(P) 1987 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Mike Berniker, Producer - Bert DeCoteaux, Producer - Paquito D'Rivera, Performer - C. Valdes, Composer - C. Valdes, Lyricist
(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
W. Fuller, Composer - W. Fuller, Lyricist - HELEN KEANE, Producer - C. Pozo, Composer - C. Pozo, Lyricist - Paquito D'Rivera, Performer - Paquito D'Rivera, Clarinet - Paquito D'Rivera, Producer - D. Gillespie, Composer - D. Gillespie, Lyricist - Ron Saint Germain, Producer
(P) 1984 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
HELEN KEANE, Producer - Paquito D'Rivera, Producer - Paquito D'Rivera, Composer - Paquito D'Rivera, Performer - Paquito D'Rivera, Lyricist - Paquito D'Rivera, Saxophone
(P) 1983 CBS INC.
Mike Berniker, Producer - Bert DeCoteaux, Producer - Paquito D'Rivera, Performer - Juanito Marquez, Composer - Juanito Marquez, Lyricist
(P) 1982 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
HELEN KEANE, Producer - M. Camilo, Composer - M. Camilo, Lyricist - Paquito D'Rivera, Performer - Paquito D'Rivera, Producer - Paquito D'Rivera, Clarinet
(P) 1984 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
RON ST. GERMAIN, Producer - HELEN KEANE, Producer - Paquito D'Rivera, Performer - Paquito D'Rivera, Composer - Paquito D'Rivera, Lyricist - Paquito D'Rivera, Producer
(P) 1988 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
HELEN KEANE, Producer - Paquito D'Rivera, Performer - Paquito D'Rivera, Producer - Michel Camilo, Composer - Michel Camilo, Lyricist
(P) 1986 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Mike Berniker, Producer - C. Gardel, Composer - C. Gardel, Lyricist - A. Le Pera, Composer - A. Le Pera, Lyricist - Bert DeCoteaux, Producer - Paquito D'Rivera, Performer - Paquito D'Rivera, Saxophone
(P) 1981 CBS INC.
Album review
This best-of marks the six years that Cuban saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera spent on Columbia Records, between 1981 and 1987. This was a period when the great jazzman walked the knife's edge between very commercial-sounding Latin-tinged jazz and the burning sound of his return to his roots. There is a phenomenal version of "On Green Dolphin Street" here, and Michel Camilo's "Just Kiddin'" evokes Dizzy Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts" in a quote near the beginning. The burning salsero "Manteca" is also here, as are some beautiful midtempo ballads such as D'Rivera's own "Song for Maura" and classically graced "Wapango." A fine introduction.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:13
- Main artists: Paquito D'Rivera
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia - Legacy
- Genre: Jazz
(P) 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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