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The Best of Paquito D'Rivera


[JD342]

  1. Chucho
      (From Tropicana Nights ~ JD186/SACD208)
  2. Havana Cafe
      (From Havana Cafe - JD6O)
  3. The Peanut Vendor
      (From Portraits of Cuba - JD145/SACD298)
  4. A Nigh In Tunisia
      (From The Jazz Chamber Trio - JD293)
  5. Mamlo A La Kenton
      (From Tropicana Nights - JD186/SACD208)
  6. Echale Salsita
      (From Portraits of Cuba - JD145/SACD298)
  7. Drume Negrita
      (From Portraits of Cuba - JD145/SACD298)
  8. Tropicana Nights
      (From Tropicana Nights - JD186/SACD208)
  9. Who's Smoking?
      (From Havana Cafe - JD60)
10. Tico Tico
      (From Tico! Tico! - JD34)
11. Portraits Of Cuba
      (From Portraits of Cuba - JD145/SACD298)
12. Excerpt from “Aires Tropicales”
      (From Portraits of Cuba - JD145/SACD298)
13. What Are You Doing Tomorrow Night?
      (From Havana Cafe - JD60)
14. A Mi Que/El Manisero
      (From Tropicana Nights - JD186/SACD208)

“I'm impressed anew by the technical and emotional equipoise of Paquito's alto, soprano, and clarinet improvisations: his lyric focus and fierce rhythmic drive, the ease of execution in navigating complex harmonic changes, the dancing undercurrent of South America and the Caribbean, the complex chromatic elisions and bluesy grooves of swing and bop, the steely articulation and dynamic control of a classically-trained saxophonist.   I'm actually kind of stunned.”
- Chip Stein, JazzTimes, June 1999


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