Post on 31-Jan-2018
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The guitar virtuosos Sergio and Odair Assad join their friend clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera for a fun evening of Latin classical music, with a dash of jazz. Paquito’s charming personality and the Assads’ impeccable ensemble playing ensure a delightful performance and will bring a unique flavor to their many educational offerings.
“The broad range of compositions, embracing myriad styles and rhythms — tangos, sambas, choros, Habaneras, boleros — was handled with great ease and subtlety. The Assads’ playing is so seamlessly integrated that their ensemble passages flowed with the living, vibrant voice of a single instrument. Their brief solo segments, as well as a duet rendering of Gismonti’s ‘Baiao Malandro,’ were equally impressive examples of the sort of playing in which the music completely transcends the mechanics of music-making.
D’Rivera added character and individuality to everything he played. Classically trained, he brilliantly executed rapid-fire, finger-busting passages in pieces such as Pixinguinha’s “Um a Zero,” without losing the jazz-tinged individuality of his sound and phrasing. In a few numbers, space was opened up for him to explore his extraordinary improvisational skills.” (Los AngeLes Times)
“Call it one of the most engaging musical presentations of the season. Better yet, call it a stunning display
of the music of the Western Hemisphere, performed
by three of that region’s (and the world’s) finest artists.”
-Los AngeLes Times
Sérgio & odair aSSad | paquito d’riveradanCeS from tHe neW World
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afro PAqUITO D’RIVERA
el ChocloAnGEL VILLOLDO
aquarela do BrasilARy BARROSO
trialogoREy GUERRA
drume negritaELISEO GREnET
dizzinessPAqUITO D’RIVERAPaquito D’Rivera, clarinet solo
Conga de la media nocheERnESTO LECUOnA
milonga per tre ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
malambo ALBERTO GInASTERA
Baiao malandroEGBERTO GISMOnTISérgio & Odair Assad,Guitar solo
Hoe Down from “Rodeo”AAROn COPLAnD
mangabeiraSéRGIO ASSAD
vals no. 3 AnTOnIO LAURO
vete de miVIRGILIO & HOMERO EXPOSITO
danza paraguayaAGUSTIn BARRIOS
alfonsina y el marARIEL RAMIREZ
um a zeroPIXInGUInHA
program inCludeS
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