Portraits of Cuba

Portraits of Cuba

by Paquito D'Rivera
Portraits of Cuba

Portraits of Cuba

by Paquito D'Rivera

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Overview

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. ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date: 01/20/2021
Label: Chesky Records
UPC: 0090368014528
Rank: 113910

Tracks

  1. La Bella Cubana
  2. The Peanut Vendor
  3. Tu
  4. Tu, 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. ¿¿chale Salsita
  12. Song to My Son
  13. Theme from "I Love Lucy"

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Paquito D'Rivera   Primary Artist,Clarinet,Sax (Alto),Sax (Soprano)
Lew Soloff   Guest Artist,Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Dick Oatts   Guest Artist,Flute,Sax (Tenor)
Bob Millikan   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Andres Boiarsky   Flute,Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Mark Walker   Drums
Tom Christensen   Flute,Sax (Tenor)
Lawrence Feldman   Flute,Sax (Alto)
David Finck   Bass
Pernell Saturnino   Percussion
Dario Eskenazi   Piano
Allison Brewster Franzetti   Piano
John Clark   French Horn
Diego Urcola   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
James Pugh   Trombone
Gustavo Bergalli   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
David Earl Taylor   Trombone (Bass)
Thomas Christensen   Flute,Sax (Tenor)
Carlos Franzetti   Piano,Conductor
Roger Rosenberg   Bassoon,Sax (Baritone),Clarinet (Bass)
David Taylor   Trombone (Bass)

Technical Credits

Ernesto Lecuona   Composer
Paquito D'Rivera   Composer,Interviewee
Bob Katz   Engineer,Mastering
Ignacio Pineiro   Composer
Louis Wolfe Gilbert   Composer
Nicholas Prout   Mastering,Editing
Rene Touzet   Composer
Norman Chesky   Executive Producer
Moises Simons   Composer
David Chesky   Producer,Liner Notes
Harold Adamson   Composer
Allison Brewster Franzetti   Interviewer,Liner Notes
Eliot Daniel   Composer
Lisa J. Marks   Production Director
Steve Guttenberg   Assistant Producer
Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes   Composer
Phillip Sztenderowicz   Assistant Engineer
Cesar Portillo De La Luz   Composer
Alan Nahigian   Photography,Session Photographer
Aldo Sampieri   Design
Doug Melanson   Session Assistant
John Panagiotakis   Session Assistant
Jose White   Composer,Composer
David Windmuller   Session Assistant
Barry Wolifson   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Eliseo Grenet   Composer
E. Daniel   Composer
Carlos Franzetti   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Liner Notes
Marion Sunshine   Composer
Nick Prout   Editing
Daniel Clurman   Assistant Producer,Production Assistant
Ernesto Grenet   Composer
Lisa Hershfield   Assistant Producer,Production Assistant
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