New Chesky Release
US Street Date
JULY 26, 2005

THE JAZZ CHAMBER TRIO - JD293
Paquito D'Rivera

Featuring pianist Alon Yavnai and cellist Mark Summer

Chesky Records announces the July 26 release of Grammy Award-winning musician and composer Paquito D’Rivera’s “The Jazz Chamber Trio”. Veteran of a fifty year-plus career, clarinetist and saxophonist D’Rivera delivers twelve opulent tracks in a contemporary chamber music setting accompanied by his long-time Chamber Trio members pianist Alon Yavnai and cellist Mark Summer. D’Rivera skillfully applies a beautiful Latin-tinged arranger’s palette to a diverse repertoire of music ranging from the original composition “Preludio Y Merengue” to “Night in Tunisia” to the Brazilian Pixinguinha’s classic “Carinhoso”. The album was recorded in Chesky’s signature audiophile sound at the Foundation for Iberian Music at the City University of New York.

D’Rivera has won two Grammy Awards for his previous Chesky releases “Portraits of Cuba” (1996) and “Tropicana Nights” (2000). He was the first artist to win a Latin Grammy in both the Classical and Latin Jazz categories. He has recorded over thirty solo albums in jazz, bebop and Latin music and has performed with numerous prestigious classical music ensembles around the world.

The Paquito D’Rivera Chamber Trio has several performances scheduled for 2005 including June 8 through 12, Catalina Bar & Grill, Los Angeles, CA; July 29, Caramoor Music Festival, Katonah, NY; September 15 -16, Moab Music Festival, Moab, UT.

tracks

  1. Preludio Y Merengue
  2. Difficult
  3. Recorda A Papa
  4. A Night in Tunisia
  5. Alfonsina y el Mar
  6. Kalimba
  7. Five After
  8. Cristal
  9. Improvisation (Saxophone Solo)
  10. A Fuego Lento
  11. Carinhoso
  12. Niebla y Cemento

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