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The catalyst quartet plays wapango by paquito drivera live in concert october 29th, 20 grand opera house macon, ga violins karla. A 12 time grammy award winner, national medal of the arts recipient, 2005 nea jazz master, and living jazz legend award honoree from the kennedy center, paquito d rivera artistry with clarinet and sax. Originally composed for saxophone quartet, this is paquito driveras own arrangement of his piece for string quartet. In learning the publisher was going out of business, paquito was able to obtain the remaining stock. Paquito drivera june 4, 1948, havana is a cubanborn, grammywinning jazz and classical saxophonist and clarinetist. Paquito d rivera june 4, 1948, havana is a cubanborn, grammywinning jazz and classical saxophonist and clarinetist. Classical nj composed, whether playing bach or postbop, driveras mastery from the equipment and his expressive ability is definitely unquestionable. He was also a star in chucho valdess supergroup, irakere, and played with dizzy gillespie before he defected to spain and relocated to the u.
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