Santo Domingo.– Dominican jazz player Sly De Moya will open tonight for Paquito D'Rivera and "Funk Tango" along with Berklee Teachers Mark Wallker and Oscar Stagnaro, at Teatro La Fiesta of the Hotel Jaragua.
De Moya, who has shared the stage with renowned artists such as Chuck Mangione, Spyro
Gira, Michael Camilo and Oscar Stagnaro, studied at Berklee College of Music, where he had John Mayer as classmate.
He was later involved in some projects by Wea Latina: Alejandro Sanz Unplugged, La Ley Unplugged, Maná Unplugged and Luis Miguel´s Mis Romances.
Paquito D'Rivera grew up as a prodigy in Cuba, playing both saxophone and clarinet
and performing with the Cuban
National Symphony Orchestra at a young age. When he was seven, became the youngest artist ever to endorse a musical
instrument, when he signed on with the legendary company Selmer.
By 1980, D'Rivera was dissatisfied about the constraints placed on his music
in Cuba for many years, and had always longed to live in the United States.
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
By 1980, D'Rivera was dissatisfied about the constraints placed on his music in Cuba for many years, and had always longed to live in the United States. .....SO he escaped defected to freedom
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
Good luck to you Sly and keep up the good work
From: United States
what instrument does this guy play, anyway? why can't these press releases be a little more informative?
Written by: Belial, 23 Aug 2008 1:27 PM
From: United States, Texas
The only restraint placed on D'Rivera's music in Cuba was it was too hard for D'Rivera to make a million dollars off of his music in Cuba.
D'Rivera's music ... the little that there is ... is a gift to him from Cuba, for which he has shown ingratitude.
D'Rivera who is widely acclaimed, to be sure, has a gift, but it's only a modest one. He reads very well.
His acclaim arises almost entirely from his political and ideological prostitution.
Sandoval is a political and ideological deviate like D'Rivera. But Sandoval has genius to support independently his claim to great artistic honor.
D'Rivera substitutes, at every opportunity, his repulsive prostitution for the genius he lacks and arrogantly commands the audience to aplplaud the noise he makes and the streetwalking he does.
Musically, D'Rivera doesn't belong on the same stage with Chucko, Gonzalo, Sandoval, and about two dozen other Cuban or Cuban American jazz artists.
D'Rivera is a jazz phony.
Written by: Belial, 23 Aug 2008 1:47 PM
From: United States, Texas
"Paquito D'Rivera grew up as a prodigy in Cuba, playing both saxophone and clarinet and performing with the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra at a young age. When he was seven, became the youngest artist ever to endorse a musical instrument, when he signed on with the legendary company Selmer," DT "glorifies" Paquito D'Rivera in its piece on Dominican jazz player Sly De Moya.
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"Prodigy?"
That's worthless. It only means the student learns quickly at an early age what others create and leave behind them. What has D'Rivera created and will leave? A lot of junk. Otherwise, the DT wouldn't go back 50 years to find something with which "glorify" D'Rivera.
"Both saxophone and clarinet ?"
Big deal.
"Endorse a musical instrument?"
The canine actors, Rin Tin Tin and Lassie, also endorsed products. And don't forget the celebrated Taco Bell dog.
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
Poor Paquito a child prodigy with a great future until the communists came to power when he was 12 years old ....they then forced him to play Russian marching music to try to break his spirit but it did not work ....he saved and saved and escaped the commies so he did not have to play russian marching music and listen to any of Fidels long and boring speeches any more
Written by: Belial, 23 Aug 2008 2:40 PM
From: United States, Texas
From: Dominican Republic
Dominicana good for musica .. la la la ..
Written by: Belial, 23 Aug 2008 4:10 PM
From: United States, Texas
"Dominicana good for musica .. la la la .."
oooo
Right.
From: United States
i have no alternative but to agree with Belial's assessment of Paquito as a musician. i am not going to get into political dogfights regarding everybody who appears in these threads. as an artist, Paquito, measured against other exponents of his instrument, is a mediocrity. it would be sacrilege to compare him to masters such as Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Bird, Getz, even Paul Desmond. he belongs in that lower tier of commercial musicians like Kenny G, playing commercially acceptable, repetitive squeaks and squawks.
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
I knew a guy who was so rich he had Kenny G playing in his personal elevator
Written by: anthonyC, 23 Aug 2008 8:12 PM
From: United States
Dready,
You realize that a master level in jazz is mediocre in most other forms of music.
From: United States
what the hell are you talking about? other forms such as what? i am dying to hear this! please elaborate anthonyc, but think carefully before you make a fool of yourself. and please, do not give me some Eurocentric, caucasian value standard of what is good music and what is not. in other words, please stay from silliness like "opera is superior to salsa" give us objective reasoning, if that can be applied to music appreciation
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
In 2005, D'Rivera wrote a letter criticizing musician Carlos Santana for his decision to wear a t-shirt with the image of Che Guevara on it to the 2005 Academy Awards, citing Guevara's role in the execution of counter-revolutionaries in Cuba, including his own cousin................This is the real reason belial and his running dogs dont like Paquito the freedom fighter
From: United States
correction, GC. if Paquito was a freedom fighter, he would have fought. instead, he defected! besides, i think Belial does not like him because he can't play worth a crap!
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
He continues to fight for the freedom of the Cuban People.....RICE COOKERS are not enough VIVA CUBA LIBRE as we all believe
Written by: Belial, 24 Aug 2008 11:00 AM
From: United States, Texas
"Belial does not like him because he can't play worth a crap!"
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Paquito's deviant politics and aberrant ideology are Paquito's business. After all, Paquito belongs with the freaks and the riff-raff where he has very properly positioned himself.
But , with respect to a matter of importance, Paquito's pretensions as a jazz musician is our business.
As an example of its good taste, the revolutionary proletariat not only shuns but also recoils in revulsion from philistine vulgarities like Paquito.
Carlos Santana, on the other hand, shows strength of character in a profession somewhat known for its weaknesses in this sphere, and he is an outstanding musician in his genre, displaying a rare combination of taste and genius.
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
the revolutionary proletariat.....are losers
Written by: Belial, 24 Aug 2008 11:19 AM
From: United States, Texas
"You realize that a master level in jazz is mediocre in most other forms of music," anthonyC rushes out of the cave in which he resides and does the lunatic.
oooo
"Most other forms of music" is rather vague and sweeping.
Since a mediocrity like Paquito first won international distinction as a classical musician before he assumed his ridiculous pretensions as a jazz musician, anthonyC doesn't or can't include classical music in his mysterious category of "most other forms of music."
So, clearly, anthonyC's "most other forms of music" encompass but does not extend beyond various butt-shaking sounds and genres even though if one is a good booty-shaker, one can butt-shake ... quite well ... to jazz, too.
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
"compared to what "..............mcann and harris
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
From: United States
why, Goulet, you seem to have heard some of the masters! yessir, Les McCann and Eddie Harris.
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
dready I bought the album when it came out 69 same as Herbie Manns... Memphis Underground they both crossed over....Memphis Underground is pretty close to today techno stuff without the Larry Coryell guitar solo
Written by: Belial, 24 Aug 2008 3:40 PM
From: United States, Texas
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
you old booty shaker you
From: United States
Belial, you are insane!! and might you tell us what you shook? is it safe to assume you shook your booty? ah, yes, Memphis Underground. mass access, but glorious. i do not remember, Goulet, but did ol Tex Larry Coryell play on Memphis underground?
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
he was the guitarist ...I would get stoned on acid and crank it up for the solo...both songs won grammys I believe....it was the time of Bitches Brew
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
Belial/Dread do you remember Miles famous quote about being a pimp
From: United States
yes, it was the same time as bitches brew. it came right after miles made a rash of albums with wayne shorter, tony williams, herbie hancock and ron carter. the glory days of music, before commercialism corrupted everything and gave us the likes of Kenny G
Written by: Belial, 24 Aug 2008 5:05 PM
From: United States, Texas
" it safe to assume you shook your booty?"
oooo
All over my apartment.
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
porno for ricardo......belial is the sound of the future.....you had better shut him up before it gets out of hand...call the thought police ...the world is talking.....We have never heard his music but if Raul does not silence him....it could get very loud very loud
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
come come belial we are waiting for your Dumb@ss remark on this subject
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
A court in Havana, Cuba, has ordered a punk rock musician to pay a fine of $30 (£15) for public disorder for playing his band's music too loud.
However, Gorki Aguila was cleared of a more serious charge that could have led to a jail sentence.
The lead singer of band Porno Para Ricardo is known for songs that ridicule Cuba's communist government.
He had faced a possible four year term in prison for the crime known in Cuba as social dangerousness. .........ONLY 4 YEARS for ridicule wow Raul is really lightening up it used to be the firing squad
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D'Rivera's music ... the little that there is ... is a gift to him from Cuba, for which he has shown ingratitude.
D'Rivera who is widely acclaimed, to be sure, has a gift, but it's only a modest one. He reads very well.
His acclaim arises almost entirely from his political and ideological prostitution.
Sandoval is a political and ideological deviate like D'Rivera. But Sandoval has genius to support independently his claim to great artistic honor.
D'Rivera substitutes, at every opportunity, his repulsive prostitution for the genius he lacks and arrogantly commands the audience to aplplaud the noise he makes and the streetwalking he does.
Musically, D'Rivera doesn't belong on the same stage with Chucko, Gonzalo, Sandoval, and about two dozen other Cuban or Cuban American jazz artists.
D'Rivera is a jazz phony.
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"Prodigy?"
That's worthless. It only means the student learns quickly at an early age what others create and leave behind them. What has D'Rivera created and will leave? A lot of junk. Otherwise, the DT wouldn't go back 50 years to find something with which "glorify" D'Rivera.
"Both saxophone and clarinet ?"
Big deal.
"Endorse a musical instrument?"
The canine actors, Rin Tin Tin and Lassie, also endorsed products. And don't forget the celebrated Taco Bell dog.
Musical magnificence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doltZTkiWZ4
oooo
Right.
You realize that a master level in jazz is mediocre in most other forms of music.
"Belial does not like him because he can't play worth a crap!"
0000
Paquito's deviant politics and aberrant ideology are Paquito's business. After all, Paquito belongs with the freaks and the riff-raff where he has very properly positioned himself.
But , with respect to a matter of importance, Paquito's pretensions as a jazz musician is our business.
As an example of its good taste, the revolutionary proletariat not only shuns but also recoils in revulsion from philistine vulgarities like Paquito.
Carlos Santana, on the other hand, shows strength of character in a profession somewhat known for its weaknesses in this sphere, and he is an outstanding musician in his genre, displaying a rare combination of taste and genius.
"You realize that a master level in jazz is mediocre in most other forms of music," anthonyC rushes out of the cave in which he resides and does the lunatic.
oooo
"Most other forms of music" is rather vague and sweeping.
Since a mediocrity like Paquito first won international distinction as a classical musician before he assumed his ridiculous pretensions as a jazz musician, anthonyC doesn't or can't include classical music in his mysterious category of "most other forms of music."
So, clearly, anthonyC's "most other forms of music" encompass but does not extend beyond various butt-shaking sounds and genres even though if one is a good booty-shaker, one can butt-shake ... quite well ... to jazz, too.
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I dig it and it's the quintessence of butt-shaking art.
When I clicked it and it started to play, I got up from the computer and shook.
oooo
All over my apartment.
However, Gorki Aguila was cleared of a more serious charge that could have led to a jail sentence.
The lead singer of band Porno Para Ricardo is known for songs that ridicule Cuba's communist government.
He had faced a possible four year term in prison for the crime known in Cuba as social dangerousness. .........ONLY 4 YEARS for ridicule wow Raul is really lightening up it used to be the firing squad