Paquito D'Rivera
The Iridium
1650 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
Jun 5, 2020
10:30 PM EDT
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Paquito DRivera and Iridium cordially invite you to celebrate Paquitos 72nd birthday on Broadway all weekend long! The winner of fourteen Grammy Awards, Paquito DRivera defies categorization. With his explosive mixture of jazz, rock, classical and traditional Cuban music he is celebrated both for his artistry in Latin jazz and his achievements as a classical composer. Listen for some new and not yet released music from Paquitos upcoming album! Joining Paquito on stage for this very special weekend celebration will be Alex Brown - Piano, Diego Urcola - trumpet/valve trombone, Hamish Smith - Contrabass and Mark Walker - drums. In addition to his extraordinary performing career as an instrumentalist, Mr. DRivera has rapidly gained a reputation as an accomplished composer. Mr. DRivera is the first artist to win Latin GRAMMYs in both Classical and Latin Jazz categories-- for Stravinskys Historia del Soldado (LHistoire du Soldat) and Brazilian Dreams with New York Voices. His numerous commissions include compositions for Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Library of Congress, the National Symphony Orchestra and Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Turtle Island String Quartet, Ying String Quartet, the International Double Reed Society, Syracuse University, Montreals Gerald Danovich Saxophone Quartet, and the Grant Park Music Festival. Paquito DRivera is the author of two books: My Sax Life, published by Northwestern University Press, and a novel, Oh, La Habana, published by MTeditores, Barcelona. The National Endowment for the Arts website affirms he has become the consummate multinational ambassador, creating and promoting a cross-culture of music that moves effortlessly among jazz, Latin, and Mozart. www.paquitodrivera.com/
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Cuba-born and New York-based saxophonist and clarinet player, Paquito D'Rivera has balanced a career in Latin jazz with commissions as a classical composer and appearances with symphony orchestras. Classical New Jersey wrote, "whether playing Bach or post-bop, D'Rivera's mastery of the instruments and their expressive capabilities is unquestionable". D'Rivera inherited his understanding of music from his father, Tito, a classical saxophonist and conductor. At the age of five, D'Rivera began being tutored in musical theory by his father. Within a year, he was playing well enough to be paid as a musician. By the age of seven, he became the youngest musician to endorse a musical instrument (Selmer saxophones). Three years later, he performed with the National Theater Orchestra of Havana. Although he initially played soprano saxophone, D'Rivera switched to the alto after teaching himself to play via the book, Jimmy Dorsey Saxophone Method: A School of Rhythmic Saxophone Playing. Strengthening his knowledge of music and playing techniques, D'Rivera began studying at the Havana Conservatory of Music in 1960. In 1965, D'Rivera became a featured soloist with the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra.
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Cuba-born and New York-based saxophonist and clarinet player, Paquito D'Rivera has balanced a career in Latin jazz with commissions as a classical composer and appearances with symphony orchestras. Classical New Jersey wrote, "whether playing Bach or post-bop, D'Rivera's mastery of the instruments and their expressive capabilities is unquestionable". D'Rivera inherited his understanding of music from his father, Tito, a classical saxophonist and conductor. At the age of five, D'Rivera began being tutored in musical theory by his father. Within a year, he was playing well enough to be paid as a musician. By the age of seven, he became the youngest musician to endorse a musical instrument (Selmer saxophones). Three years later, he performed with the National Theater Orchestra of Havana. Although he initially played soprano saxophone, D'Rivera switched to the alto after teaching himself to play via the book, Jimmy Dorsey Saxophone Method: A School of Rhythmic Saxophone Playing. Strengthening his knowledge of music and playing techniques, D'Rivera began studying at the Havana Conservatory of Music in 1960. In 1965, D'Rivera became a featured soloist with the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra.
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