Paquito D'Rivera (as) Mambo à la Kenton - Metropole Orkest - 2009

Mambo à la Kenton - Metropole Orkest conducted by Vince Mendoza (2009)
Soloists: Paquito D'Rivera-as, Hans Vroomans-p, Ruud Breuls-trp; composer: Damaso Perez Prado
Permission to use this material granted by the NTR and Paquito D'Rivera

Paquito D'Rivera (b. 1948, Havana) is a saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer who plays and composes jazz and classical music. In 1973 he and Chucho Valdés founded the group Irakere, which fused jazz, rock, classical, and Cuban music. In early 1980 he sought asylum in the USA. D'Rivera has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, played with orchestras like the National Symphony Orchestra and London Philharmonic, while also appearing with his quintet and as sideman in jazz venues. D'Rivera's albums, showing his mastery of bebop, classical and Latin/Caribbean music, have received rave reviews from critics. Paquito is the only artist to ever have won Grammy Awards in both Classical and Latin Jazz categories.

Hans Vroomans is principal pianist of the Metropole Orkest and Ruud Breuls was the orkest's trumpet soloist between 1996 and 2014.

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Credits & Acknowledgements
Music selection: Friederike Darius, Fred Dekker, Robert Soomer
Design, Production & Final Editing: Jolien Plat
Audio supervision: Dirk Overeem; Video supervision & registration: Max Boeree (Big Ears Productions)
Text and Narrative: Fred Dekker
Concept: Fred Dekker

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Esta obra no es de la autoría de Pérez Prado, sino del Maestro Armando Romeu González.