Personnel: Paquito D'Rivera (soprano & alto saxophones, clarinet, background vocals); Brenda Feliciano, Lucrecia (vocals); Manuel Valera (alto saxophone); Andres Boiarsky, Oscar Feldman (tenor saxophone); Marshall McDonald (baritone saxophone); Mike Ponella, Diego Urcola, Gustavo Bergalli, Adalberto Lara, Alejandro Odio (trumpet); Noah Bless, Jimmy Bosch, Luis Bonilla, William Cepeda (trombone); Oriente Lopez (piano, background vocals); Dario Eskenazi (piano); David Oquendo (guitar, background vocals); Joe Santiago (bass); Mark Walker (drums); Joe Gonzales (bongos); Milton Cardona (congas); Ralph Irizarry (timbales); Beatriz Hernandez (background vocals).
Includes liner notes by Paquito D'Rivera.
"Tropicana Nights" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition.
TROPICANA NIGHTS was nominated for the 2000 Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album.
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
Personnel: Paquito D'Rivera (soprano & alto saxophones, clarinet, background vocals); Brenda Feliciano, Lucrecia (vocals); Manuel Valera (alto saxophone); Andres Boiarsky, Oscar Feldman (tenor saxophone); Marshall McDonald (baritone saxophone); Mike Ponella, Diego Urcola, Gustavo Bergalli, Adalberto Lara, Alejandro Odio (trumpet); Noah Bless, Jimmy Bosch, Luis Bonilla, William Cepeda (trombone); Oriente Lopez (piano, background vocals); Dario Eskenazi (piano); David Oquendo (guitar, background vocals); Joe Santiago (bass); Mark Walker (drums); Joe Gonzales (bongos); Milton Cardona (congas); Ralph Irizarry (timbales); Beatriz Hernandez (background vocals).
Includes liner notes by Paquito D'Rivera.
"Tropicana Nights" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition.
TROPICANA NIGHTS was nominated for the 2000 Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album.
Personnel: Paquito D'Rivera (clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Lucrecia, Brenda Feliciano (vocals); David Oquendo (guitar); Manuel Valera (alto saxophone); Oscar Feldman, Andres Boiarsky (tenor saxophone); Marshall McDonald (baritone saxophone); Diego Urcola, Adalberto Or? Lara, Alejandro Odio, Gustavo Bergalli, Mike Ponella (trumpet); Jimmy Bosch, Luis Bonilla, William Cepeda, Noah Bless (trombone); Dario Eskenazi, Oriente Lopez (piano); Mark Walker (drums); Milton Cardona (congas); Joe Gonzalez (bongos); Ralph Irizarry (timbales).
This Cuban-born, New York-raised alto saxophonist/composer has done more than many musicians hope to in a lifetime. Rivera has composed for symphony orchestras; recorded with musical giants Dizzy Gillespie, Mario Bauza, and Astor Piazzola, as well as pop singer Gloria Estefan; and led his own ensembles. His saxophone style descends from that of Charlie Parker, but his reach (and grasp) extends to Coltrane and beyond.
TROPICANA NIGHTS is an affectionate, exhilaratingly fun tribute to the big-band era of Cuba--the dance-bands of yesteryear: who they influenced and who influenced them. From the rousing "Mambo a la Kenton" that kicks off the proceedings to the soaring yet melancholy vocal (by Brenda Feliciano) "Siboney" to the suave, debonair "Old Miami Sax," this NIGHT is loaded with mercurial, passionate saxophone and tight, vibrant expert arrangements (by D'Rivera and the legendary Chico O'Farrill). Mambo, son, bolero, danzon--it's all here, and no one treats any of it like a museum piece. TROPICANA NIGHTS is a grand time waiting to happen.
Professional Reviews
CMJ (12/13/99, p.28) - "...a true joy: the delightful, percolating, soaring sounds of Latin big band jazz, played by a master of the genre..."
JazzTimes (1-2/00, p.97) - "...grants a glimpse of the range of Latin Jazz, whose conventions and styles can support so much musical weight....remarkable for their ability to restore real drama to the mambos...an evocation of an important source of today's Latin jazz..."
