Live at the Blue Note [Live]

Paquito D'Rivera | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 18, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 18, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Halfnote Records
• ASIN: B00004SDD3
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #391,857 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Latin Jazz at its best, September 24, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Live at the Blue Note (Audio CD)

Along with Chucho Valdes' "Bele Bele En La Habana", Cubanismo's "Cubanismo" (their first release), and Monty Alexander's "Goin' Yard", this is one of the top CDs I own. This ought to give you an idea of what I think of this CD and of my taste in general.

A bit of background first. Paquito's stylistic range is very broad. In fact, I actually don't like some of his CDs, which I have bought and then given away. However, I think that "40 Years of Cuban Jam Session", except for the vocal tracks, is also a hell of a CD, albeit a little bit "ethnic" in style. I say all of this so you can see my perspective.

This CD can best be described as refreshing Latin Jazz. It's all instrumental. The musicians are from all over the place (from Chicago to Curacao). The ensemble is tight as hell. This is not a typical Latin Jazz fair; the "Latin" sense is there, but the jazz is rocking; sometimes it feels like a 1970s fusion band, but then again, the Latin stuff always comes through.

All of the cuts are entertaining; not a bad one in the mix. The musicians individually rock. The only aspect of the CD I don't like is that we don't get to hear enough solos. These musicians are all very fine performers. Paquito hams it up a little bit, though; his virtuosity permeates all the tracks.

1 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mellow, mellow, mellow, June 17, 2000

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Susie M. Speer (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at the Blue Note (Audio CD)

This is a great CD for those late nights when you don't want to think about or do anything but lay in bed with the lights down low and be lulled into total relaxation by a very mellow jazz quintet. The breathy tenor sax and lilting underspoken piano combine to form an elixor guaranteed to put you into a really relaxed mood!