Paquito D'Rivera Interview

Jorge Pupo interviews Grammy Award Winner, Paquito D'Rivera. Paquito shares stories about the recording of his Latin Jazz winning album, "Portraits of Cuba." with Carlos Franzetti.
Paquito speaks candidly about his family of musicians as well as Claudio Roditi, Cesar Portillo de la Luz, Ernesto Lecuona, Mozart and his father. Includes clips of Paquito playing the saxophone with the UN Orquestra.
http://www.paquitodrivera.com
Clips used with permission.
'Entre Amigos-Among Friends.'
Written and Produced by Jorge Pupo and Roland Millman.
Camera: Stella Varveris and Jonathan Skurnik
Sound: Nelson Simone.
Make-up: Liz Margin
Assistant to the Producers: Mariano Ros
(Video quality a little dark.)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• grammy-award
• saxophonist
• cuban-music
• latin-jazz

[postatility]

A brilliant musician with a beautiful soul and a delightful sense of humor.

[Robarfernandez]

I admire Paquito, first as a human being -although I haver never met him-, but his humanity comes through, particularly in an interview. Of course, "el Paco" is also a superb musician. One of my favorite books is his autobiographical "Mi vida saxual," which is now available in English. That book makes you laugh and also cry. I have read it about four times now, and will go back to it for the rest of my life. Greetings from Puerto Rico.