Paquito D'Rivera - Portraits of Cuba (Hybrid SACD)
Paquito D'Rivera - Portraits of Cuba (Hybrid SACD) - Audiophile
Paquito D'Rivera - Portraits of Cuba (Hybrid SACD)
Paquito D'Rivera - Portraits of Cuba (Hybrid SACD) - Audiophile

Paquito D'Rivera - Portraits of Cuba (Hybrid SACD)

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Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone – Paquito D'Rivera

Written by: Jose White (1), M. Sunshine (2), M. Simmons (2), W. Gilbert (2), Eduardo Sanchez De Fuentes (3), Cesar Portillo De La Luz (4), Rene Touzet (5), Ernesto Grenet (6), Paquito D'Rivera (7, 8, 12), Carlos Franzetti (9), Ernesto Lecuona (10), Ignacio Piñeiro (11), E. Daniel (13), H. Adamson (13)

 

 

1 Hybrid Stereo SACD with new liner notes in an 20 page booklet

Original  Master Tape : YES

Stereo

Live

Label: Chesky Records

Original Label: Chesky Records

Recorded by Bob Katz at St. Peter's Church New York City on February 6 & 7, 1996

Produced by David Chesky

Mastered by Nicholas Prout

Originally released in 1996

Reissued in November 2025

 

 

Tracks :

  1. La Bella Cubana
  2. The Peanut Vendor
  3. Tú
  4. Tú, Mi Delirio
  5. No Te Importe Saber
  6. Drume Negrita
  7. Portraits Of Cuba
  8. Excerpt From "Aires Tropicales"
  9. Mariana
  10. Como Arrullo De Palmas
  11. Echale Salsita
  12. Song To My Song
  13. Theme From "I Love Lucy"

 

 

Reviews:

" Because Paquito D'Rivera is such a compelling improviser, one greets a heavily arranged and orchestrated session like Portraits of Cuba with some apprehension. But as it turns out, such apprehension is unwarranted, for the Cuban saxman/clarinetist still has enough room to solo and say what needs to be said. With this 1996 session, which was arranged and conducted by Carlos Franzetti and finds D'Rivera backed by combinations of up to 14 musicians, D'Rivera envisioned an Afro-Cuban equivalent of Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain -- and, to be sure, there are some parallels. Franzetti's classical-influenced arrangements recall Gil Evans' work with Davis, and D'Rivera paints an orchestral jazz picture of Cuba much as Davis painted an orchestral jazz picture of Spain. The key phrase here is "jazz picture" -- D'Rivera approaches famous Cuban songs like Ignacio Pineiro's "Echale Salsita" and Ernesto Lecuona's "Como Arrullo de Palmas" from an instrumental jazz perspective; this is jazz with both Afro-Cuban and classical elements, but it's jazz first and foremost. Recorded in New York around the time of the infamous Blizzard of 1996 -- which dumped up to three feet of snow on parts of the Northeastern U.S. -- Portraits of Cuba is among D'Rivera's most essential recordings. » AllMusic Review by Alex Henderson

 

 

 

Ratings:

AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 5 / 5

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