This CD Release Includes the Complete Original Albums "Jazz Nocturno" (January, 1964) and "Descarga" (July, 1964)
CD Reviews
Introducing Paquito D'Rivera
Stuart Jefferson | San Diego,Ca | 06/01/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Approximately 78 min. Digitally remastered. One of the finest musicians of his era ,Cuban Valdes shows on this disc why his music is now being released all over the world. The two albums on this disc were originally recorded in the mid-sixties. The group consists of Paquito D'Rivera on alto sax and clarinet plus a couple of other horns and a rhythm section plus percussion. The music is obviously Cuban in nature but has a definite western feel on some of the arrangements. Like a lot of Cuban music this is light-hearted jazz,nothing heavy or deep. It is some of the best jazz of it's kind you will ever hear. Another album in the same vein is Jazz Bata by the Chucho Valdes Trio,on the same label."