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From: pedro1940@progression.net

....................on January 10th 

CARNEGIE HALL on January 10, 2005: With Bebo Valdes, Yo-Yo Ma, Michel Camilo,
Rosa Passos, Las Hermanas Marquez,  Dave Samuels & Andy Narell, The New York
Voices,  Brenda Feliciano, Claudio Roditi,  Pablo Ziegler, The Youth Orchestra
of the Americas and 
more !

PAQUITO D'RIVERA is celebrating "50 Years and 10 Nights" of show 
business at CARNEGIE HALL on January 10th with a star-studded 
program packed with his musical friends !

It was in 1953 in Cuba where Paquito was born, that a beautiful 
curved soprano sax arrived at his home, a gift from his Dad, Tito, 
which became the best gift his father ever gave him.  By the 
following year, at age 6, Paquito had made his debut at a party 
celebrating the end of the academic year at his school – performing 
the Habanera "Tu" written by the Cuban Composer Eduardo Sanchez de 
Fuentes.  The rest is history!

In Cuba, his Dad's business, while he was himself a musician, was 
selling instruments, books, and musical accessories in the heart of 
Havana where he made many friends.  It was not unusual for the young 
Paquito to see  Cachao, Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill, Bebo Valdes, 
Chocolate Armenteros, Ernesto Leucuona…and many more visiting, all 
of which influenced him greatly.  In his tiny office, his father had 
a big RCA phonograph and textbooks from the conservatory of Paris 
which helped initiate Paquito's style in elements of the French 
school created by Marcel Mule.

But it was that 1938 recording of Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall 
with Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, Harry James, Teddy Wilson etc. that 
made the young Paquito long to come to New York.  His Dad also 
exposed him to other various styles and composers and then started 
getting him on radio and TV shows, into theatres and nightclubs.  
Paquito was probably the "smallest saxophonist in the world" !

"50 Years and 10 Nights of Show Business" – A TRIBUTE to PAQUITO
D'RIVERA is presented by The FUJITSU JAZZ FESTIVAL and Produced by 
Pat Philips and Ettore Stratta.  Many great artists from Paquito's 
musical life will surround him at his `party' at Carnegie Hall 
including Legendary Cuban Pianist Bebo Valdes, Superstar Cellist Yo-
Yo Ma, Dominican Jazz Pianist Michel Camilo, Brazilian Vocal 
songstress Rosa Passos, extraordinary Vibist Dave Samuels with Andy 
Nerell on steelpan, Vocal ensemble The New York Voices, Beautiful 
Brazilian Trumpeter Claudio Roditi, Brazilian guitar virtuoso Romero 
Lubambo, Argentine Piano master Pablo Ziegler,
Las Hamanas Sisters,  dancer Manuel Amargo las Hermanas Marques from 
Cuba, The Youth Orchestra of the Americas from Costa Rica, soprano 
Brenda Feliciano, conductors Pablo Zinger and  Tania Leon, and more 
surprises.


His Band is comprised of Alon Yavni on piano, Oscar Stagnaro on 
bass, Mark Walker on drums, and Pernell Saturnino on percussion.

Paquito, in his endearing and humorous way, will be your Host, 
telling stories and performing with most of the above mentioned.  He 
will weave in and out of the various styles of music he has been 
associated with from Jazz, Latin Jazz, Brazilian music, Tango, 
Classica, and Pop (Gershwin) showing his improvisational skills all 
the way.  This night will rebound with fabulous music, humor, 
stories,  the rhythms of Latin America and Jazz, and just pure joy 
for a very deserved and celebrated musician.

He is one of the most belovevd artists in our business, a young man 
who rose out of Cuban isolation and made his way to America to 
find "music" and found "musical stardom" and the world waiting for 
his talent as saxist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, conductor.  
He has performed the world over with a who's who in musicand 
continues to do so.  An admirer of Astor Piazzolla, Paco de Lucia, 
the lyricist Jose Antonio Mendez, and the music of Antonio Carlos 
Jobim, good taste is reflected in all his work as is his rhythmic 
abilities and improvisational skills…a true all around musical 
genius. 

Carnegie Hall will be jumping, swaying, and swooning from the 
celebration of PAQUITO D'RIVERA on January 10th at the great hall, 
Carnegie Hall.    He has it all and is ready to `show off' upon this 
milestone of his career.  Be there !

Additional Sponsors:  The Buckingham Hotel at 57th Street and 6th 
Avenue.
WBGO 88.3fm
Media Sponsor:  The Village Voice

Carnegie Hall
57th Street and 7th Avenue
Tickets at Carnegie Hall Box office
Or Carnegie Charge at 212 247-7800
Ticket prices:

Note:  Paquito's autobiography "My Sax Life" will be coming out this 
spring on Northwestern University Press 
STRATTA/PHILIPS PRODUCTIONS
520 East 81st StreetNew York, NY 10028 
Contact:                        
Pat Philips 
phone:  2l2-744-8836
fax:  2l2-628-4l86


lavozdecubalibre.com


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