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My sax life : a memoir
- Title
- My sax life : a memoir / Paquito D'Rivera ; foreword by Ilan Stavans ; translated by Luis Tamargo.
- Author
- D'Rivera, Paquito, 1948-
- Publication
- Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, c2005.
- Supplementary Content
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Stavans, Ilan.
- Description
- xxv, 372 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "Propelled by jazz-fueled high spirits, Paquito D'Rivera's memoir soars and spins from memory to memory. Beginning with the story of his father - a classical saxophone virtuoso and an educator - and his own fame as a child prodigy, D'Rivera riffs on everything from his childhood nightclub appearances, performing with clowns and exotic dancers, to his search for artistic freedom in Communist Cuba and his hungry explorations of world music after his defection to the United States in 1980. Opinionated, charming, lively, and humorous, like Paquito himself, My Sax Life is a fascinating look at a creative and talented artist."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Latino voices
- Uniform Title
- Mi vida saxual. English
- Latino voices.
- Alternative Title
- Mi vida saxual.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Ilan Stavans -- From one shipwrecked sailor to another / Sergio Garcia-Marruz -- The book -- Introduction and Scherzo -- Music and musicians -- 1959 -- Jazz -- The army -- The Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna -- Irakere -- Fasten your seat belts! -- Varadero-Mariel -- Madrid-New York -- The call of the jungle -- The queen and her knight -- Cuba on the banks of the Hudson -- Coda -- Final Chord.
- Call Number
- JME 05-782
- ISBN
- 0810122189 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780810122185 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005015234
- OCLC
- 60516739
- Author
- D'Rivera, Paquito, 1948-
- Title
- My sax life : a memoir / Paquito D'Rivera ; foreword by Ilan Stavans ; translated by Luis Tamargo.
- Imprint
- Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, c2005.
- Series
- Latino voicesLatino voices.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Stavans, Ilan.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 13-805