My Sax Life - A Memoir

Informationen zum Autor Paquito D'Rivera was born in 1948 in Havana, Cuba. His celebrated recordings include the Grammy-winning Historia del Soldado (2003), Brazilian Dreams (2003), Live at the Blue Note (2001), and Portraits of Cuba (1996). D'Rivera is celebrating his fiftieth year as a performer in 2004 with concerts throughout the world and culminating with a special celebration at Carnegie Hall in January 2005. He lives in North Bergen, New Jersey. Klappentext Opinionated but always good-humored, this autobiography is a fascinating statement on art and the life of this musically gifted Cuban defector. Zusammenfassung D'Rivera is a best-selling jazz artist with more than thirty solo albums to his credit. He has performed at the White House and the Blue Note. This memoir presents his early nightclub appearances as a child! performing with clowns and exotic dancers! and his search for artistic freedom in communist Cuba.

Product details

• Authors: &apos, D&apos, Paquito D'Rivera, Paquito/ Stavans D'Rivera, Paquito D''rivera, Paquito Rivera
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2009
• EAN: 9780810125247
• ISBN: 978-0-8101-2524-7
• No. of pages: 398
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Latino Voices; Vidas; Vidas; Latino Voices; Latino Voices/Vidas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies