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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000020.txt from 2004/03

From: rcramey <rcramey@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] Paquito D'Rivera "Aires Tropicales"
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 23:19:40 -0500

Shawn:

Two recordings to check out:

The Numen Quintet (with Andrea Merenzon)
available at:

www.eldorado.org.ar/Discos/qnumen.htm

and possibly elsewhere

Also: The Onyx Wind Quintet, available at various sites.

Good luck in your search.

--Richard Ramey
Professor of Bassoon
University of Arkansas
member, The Ramey Trio

>===== Original Message From doublereed-l@-----.edu ====
>Hi everyone,
>I am a big fan of latin and brazilian flavored music and am absolutely
>enamored with the music of Paquito D'Rivera. His woodwind quintet work,
"Aires
>Tropicales" is amazing. I have heard it performed many times live and am
having the
>oppurtunity to perform it myself with my faculty woodwind quintet. Anyway,
>has anyone recorded this work commercially? It has become a staple of the
>repertoire for quintet and it is odd that no one has recorded it. I have a
few live
>recordings of it, but would love a commercial recording.
>
>Shawn