My Sax Life: A Memoir (Latino Voices/Vidas)

Winner of 2005 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Winner of 2005 National Medal of Arts My Sax Life is the award-winning memoir of famed Cuban musician Paquito D'Rivera. A best-selling artist with more than thirty solo albums to his credit, D'Rivera has performed at the White House and the Blue Note, and with orchestras, jazz ensembles, and chamber groups around the world. Propelled by jazz-fueled high spirits, D'Rivera's story soars and spins from memory to memory in a collage of his remarkable life. D'Rivera recalls his early nightclub appearances as a child, performing with clowns and exotic dancers, as well as his search for artistic freedom in communist Cuba and his hungry explorations of world music after his defection. Opinionated but always good-humored, My Sax Life is a fascinating statement on art and the artist's life.

Biographies & Memoirs

D'Rivera, Paquito

Arts & Literature

Northwestern University Press

Humor & Entertainment

From the source! Paquito produced and oversaw the recording himself using his own world renowned band! The diverse music presented here is a welcome addition to every musician's play-along library. This set contrasts the thrill of hot, exciting Latin classics with the meditative, laid-back feel of Brazilian favorites. A refreshing change of pace. Rhythm Section: Daniel Freiberg (p); Oscar Stagnaro (b); Mark Walker (d); Parnell Saturnino (Percussion). Titles: A Night in Englewood * Guataca City * La Dama y el Vagabundo * Christmas Without You * Lorenzo's Wings * Memories * Chucho * Bluellespie * El Cura * Gdansk * South of the Waltz * Chick * Wapanga.

Jamey Aebersold Jazz -- Paquito D'Rivera, Vol 77: Latin, Brazilian, Caribbean, Jazz & Beyond, Book & Online Audio (Jazz Play-A-Long for All Instrumentalists, Vol 77)

Arts & Photography

Music

Alfred Music

The Cuban-born saxophone player recounts his boyhood in a musical family, his performing career that began at the age of six, and his experiences playing jazz, classical music, and other styles throughout the world.

Mi Vida Saxual (Coleccion Cultura Cubana) (Spanish Edition)

Editorial Plaza Mayor Inc

A captivating memoir from one of jazz's most beloved practitioners, fourteen-time Grammy winner Paquito D’Rivera’s Letters to Yeyito is a fascinating tour of a life lived in music, and a useful guidebook for aspiring artists everywhere. Years after receiving a fan letter with no return address, Latin jazz legend Paquito D’Rivera began to write Letters to Yeyito in the hope of reaching its author, a would-be musician. In the course of advising his Cuban compatriot on love, life, and musicianship, D’Rivera recounts his own six-decade-long journey in the arts. After persevering under Castro’s brand of socialism for years, D’Rivera defected from Cuba and left his beloved Havana for that other great city: New York. From there, the saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer launched a dazzling—and still very active—career that has included fourteen Grammys, world tours, and extensive collaboration with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Yo-Yo Ma, and other music legends who make cameos in these pages. Full of humor, entertaining anecdotes, expert advice, and the musician’s characteristic exuberance, D’Rivera’s story is one of life on the move and finding a home in music.

Letters to Yeyito: Lessons from a Life in Music

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