PÉREZ | PATITUCCI | BLADE — Children Of The Light (2015) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1     Children of the Light 6'54
Danilo Pérez
2     Sunburn and Mosquito (Dedicated to Carolina) 4'34
Danilo Pérez
3     Moonlight on Congo Square 5'01
John Patitucci
4     Lumen 4'26
Danilo Pérez
5     Within Everything 3'21
Brian Blade
6     Milky Way 3'40
John Patitucci
7     Light Echo/Dolores 9'49
Danilo Pérez / Wayne Shorter
8     Ballad for a Noble Man (In memory of Doug Sommer) 4'32
John Patitucci
9     Looking for Light 5'33
Danilo Pérez
10     Luz del Alma 2'38
Danilo Pérez
11     African Wave 5'25
Danilo Pérez
Credits :
Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass – John Patitucci
Cello – Sachi Patitucci (pistas: 8)
Drums – Brian Blade
Grand Piano, Keyboards, Drum – Danilo Perez

DIZZY GILLESPIE – To Bird With Love (1992) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

To Bird with Love: Live at the Blue Note was taken from a month that Dizzy Gillespie was featured at the Blue Note in New York, virtually at the end of his playing career, the 74-year-old trumpeter is quite erratic on this set of bop standards. However, his supporting cast (heard from in different combinations) includes such major players as altoists Jackie McLean, Antonio Hart and Paquito D'Rivera and tenors Benny Golson, Clifford Jordan and David Sanchez, in addition to a strong trio led by pianist Danílo Perez. The sidemen are in generally fine form and Bobby McFerrin literally came out of the audience to scat on "Oo Pa Pa Da." The good spirits and obvious love that these musicians had for Gillespie make up for his technical lapses. Scott Yanow         Tracklist + Credits : 

ROY HAYNES - The Roy Haynes Trio ft. Danilo Perez & John Patitucci (2000) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Roy Haynes has had a long career, and the generically titled The Roy Haynes Trio featuring Danilo Perez and John Patitucci is a long CD, approaching 70 minutes, that attempts to recap that career in the form of new performances and, to a surprising extent, succeeds. The drummer had just turned 74 when this album was released, and had been recording since the 1940s. He took the opportunity of this collection with a new trio, which contained both studio and live recordings, to look back over that period by choosing tunes associated with many of the musicians he had worked with over the years. His tenure in Bud Powell's Modernists septet was recalled in the opening number, Powell's "Wail," which also served the purpose of establishing right off the bat that Haynes was still drumming with his usual power and aggressiveness. Then, Pat Metheny's Spanish-tinged "Question and Answer" harked back only to the late '80s and early '90s and his work with the guitarist. And so it went: Haynes' five-year tenure behind Sarah Vaughan was referenced on "Shulie a Bop," one of her scat numbers, while Miles Davis' "Sippin' at the Bells" and Thelonious Monk's "Bright Mississippi" and "Green Chimneys" reminded listeners of his periods with each. All of this made for a varied collection, but the trio format allowed plenty of room for the individual musicians to play extensively and put their marks on the disparate material. In fact, the effect was to suggest that the history of jazz since World War II, which has been perceived as a series of conflicting trends, actually coheres well. At least, it does when Roy Haynes is behind the drums. by William Ruhlmann  
Tracklist :
1     Wail 3:19
Bud Powell
2     Questions and Answers 7:08
Pat Metheny
3     Shulie a Bop 3:34
George Treadwell / Sarah Vaughan
4     Dear Old Stockholm 6:05
Traditional   
5     It's Easy to Remember 6:40
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
6     Folk Song 5:33
Chick Corea
7     Sippin' at Bells 7:07
Miles Davis
8     Bright Mississippi 9:39
Thelonious Monk
9     Prelude to a Kiss 7:58
Duke Ellington / Irving Gordon / Irving Mills
10     Green Chimneys 12:27
Thelonious Monk
Credits :
Arranged By – Danilo Perez (faixas: 1, 3, 6, 8), Roy Haynes (faixas: 10), The Roy Haynes Trio (faixas: 2, 4, 5)
Bass – John Patitucci
Drums – Roy Haynes
Piano – Danilo Perez

PAQUITO D'RIVERA - TICO TICO (1989) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Paquito D'Rivera's alto and clarinet skills were ably displayed on this session, which featured him working in Afro-Latin, salsa, funk, swing and hard bop. Compositions ranged from intense, jam-flavored numbers with torrid solos, like "Recife's Blue" and the title tune, to introspective ballads, group pieces with rhythmically explosive sections and numbers displaying classical influences. The unifying force was D'Rivera, who also played tenor, but was most prominent on clarinet, doing both swing-oriented and looser, freer solos. While not as strict a jazz vehicle as his Columbia dates, this session presented a more eclectic, versatile Paquito D'Rivera. by Ron Wynn
Tracklist :
1     Danza Caracteristica 5:47
Leo Brouwer
2     Añorado Encuentro 4:47
Alberto Vera, Bea Giraldo
3     Three Venezuelan Waltzes: Valse Criollo 1:03
Antonio Lauro
4     Three Venezuelan Waltzes: El Mardino 1:13
Antonio Lauro
5     Three Venezuelan Waltzes: Carola 1:46
Antonio Lauro
6     Tico-Tico 5:31
Jose Abreu / Ervin Drake / Aloysio Oliveira
7     Song for Maura 6:55
Paquito D'Rivera
8     To Brenda With Love 7:21
Paquito D'Rivera
9     Serenata 7:11
Carlos Franzetti
10     Elizabeth 4:56
Danilo Pérez
11     Chorinho No. 3: Sheep Meadow 2:17
David Chesky
12     Recife's Blue 7:14
Claudio Roditi
Credits :
Bass – David Finck (faixas: 1, 2, 5, 9, 10), Nilson Matta (faixas: 6 to 8, 12)
Drums – Mark Walker (faixas: 1. 2. 5. 9. 10), Porthino (faixas: 6 to 8, 12)
Executive-Producer – Norman Chesky
Guitar – Fareed Haque (faixas: 1), Romero Lubambo (faixas: 6, 8, 11), Tiberio Nascimiento (faixas: 4, 5)
Percussion – Raphael Cruz
Piano – Danilo Perez
Producer, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Paquito D'Rivera

PAQUITO D'RIVERA - Havana Cafe (1992) APE (image+.cue), lossless

This excellent all-round session features Paquito D'Rivera on alto, clarinet, and soprano with his sextet, which is comprised of either Fareed Haque or Ed Cherry on guitar, the great pianist Danilo Perez, bassist David Finck, drummer Jorge Rossy, and percussionist Sammy Figueroa. The program has some strong group originals (such as "Havana Cafe," "Jean Pauline," "Who's Smoking?!," and "Bossa do Brooklyn"), and the result is an often-fiery set of modern Afro-Cuban jazz. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     Havana Cafe 6:34
Danilo Pérez
2     Jean Pauline 8:38
Ed Cherry
3     The Search 8:03
Fareed Haque
4     Look at You 7:15
David Finck
5     Improvalsation 1:55
Paquito D'Rivera
6     Contradanza 1:32
Paquito D'Rivera
7     Who's Smoking?! 5:56
Paquito D'Rivera / Claudio Roditi
8     The Return 5:54
Fareed Haque
9     Bossa do Brooklyn 6:46
Claudio Roditi
10     What Are You Doing Tomorrow Night? 5:47
Lucio Godoy
Credits :
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Sopranino Saxophone – Paquito D'Rivera
Bass – David Finck
Drums – Jorge Rossy
Guitar – Ed Cherry (faixas: 2 and 7), Fareed Haque
Percussion – Sammy Figueroa
Piano – Danilo Perez
Producer – David Chesky, Paquito D'Rivera

PAQUITO D'RIVERA - Who's Smoking?! (1991) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The answer to this CD's title is the musicians. The heated bebop-oriented session finds Paquito D'Rivera joined by trumpeter Claudio Roditi, flügelhornist Mark Morganelli, Danilo Perez or Pedrito Lopez on piano, bassist Harvie Swartz, and drummer Al Foster. An extra treat is that veteran tenorman James Moody guests on three of the nine selections, inspiring D'Rivera to be particularly heated. Highlights include exciting versions of "Giant Steps" and "I Mean You," a clarinet-bass duet on "Out of Nowhere," Perez's "You Got It, Diz," and the blazing title cut. Highly recommended. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     Who's Smoking?! 8:02
Paquito D'Rivera / Claudio Roditi
2     Giant Steps 7:13
John Coltrane
3     Irremediablemente Solo (Incurably Alone) 8:04
Avelino Muñoz
4     Linda's Moody 4:48
Claudio Roditi
5     Desert Storm 8:41
Paquito D'Rivera
6     Nuestro Bolero 4:58
Pedrito Lopez
7     I Mean You 5:46
Coleman Hawkins / Thelonious Monk
8     You Got It, Diz! 6:35
Danilo Pérez
9     Out of Nowhere 5:27
Johnny Green / Edward Heyman
Credits :
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet – Paquito D'Rivera
Bass – Harvie Swartz
Drums – Al Foster
Flugelhorn – Mark Morganelli
Piano – Danilo Perez, Pedrito López
Tenor Saxophone – James Moody
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Claudio Roditi 

PAQUITO D'RIVERA - La Habana : Rio Conexion (1992-2005) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

La Habana: Rio Conexion is saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera's attempt to bring the gospel of historical bolero to American listeners. These 12 cuts are steeped in the grand Cuban tradition and reinsert its cultural and historical center into a music that has been watered down to the point of being nondescript. But, of course, this is also a jazz recording, and D'Rivera is a jazz musician. The rhythmic and harmonic extrapolations are minimal, however, and focus on the integral form of the music whether it be the album's opening danza, Ernesto Lecuona's "La Comparsa," or the chorinho that closes the proceedings, Pixinguinha's "Segura Ele." In between are wonderfully romantic boleros, ballads of almost unbearable longing. D'Rivera surrounds himself with brilliant players, such as Danílo Perez, Fareed Haque, Pablo Zinger, Johnny Rodriguez, Claudio Roditi, and Jose Madera, to name a few. He also employs a full string section on many tunes. These range from sextets with strings to simple trio pieces, all of them having in common the form of the bolero as it migrated from Havana to Rio and interacted with samba. D'Rivera performs tunes by everyone from Ivan Lins to the great Cuban composers Ignacio Cervantes and Portillo de la Luz. This is an unabashedly romantic recording, which nonetheless possesses serious chops and killer arrangements by the late Chico O'Farrill, Pablo Zinger, and Carlos Franzetti. Highly recommended.
(This comment is posted on Allmusic by Thom Jurek, follower of our blog 'O Púbis da Rosa')
Tracklist :
1     La Comparsa 3:32
Ernesto Lecuona
2     Canção de Noite 4:35
Ivan Lins
3     Danzas Cubanas: A los Tres Golpes 1:21
Ignacio Cervantes
4     Danzas Cubanas: Invitación 0:48
Ignacio Cervantes
5     Noche Cubana 3:08
César Portillo De La Luz
6     Contigo en la Distancia 4:33
César Portillo De La Luz
7     Canción Simple 5:35
Nicolás Reynoso
8     Como un Milagro 4:15
Juanito Márquez
9     Impressions from Tien-An-Men Square 5:39
Paquito D'Rivera
10     No Puedo Ser Felíz 4:16
Adolfo Guzmán
11     Como Fué 4:33
Ernesto Duarte
12     Ciego Reto 3:42
Tania León
13     Segura Ele 3:10
Benedicto Lacerda / Pixinguinha
Credits :
Contrabass – David Finch
Drums – Mark Walker
Guitar – Fareed Haque, Romero Lubambo
Percussion – Johnny Rodriguez, José Madera
Piano – Danilo Perez, Pablo Zinger
Piano, Keyboards – Carlos Franzetti
Saxophone – Paquito D'Rivera
Trumpet – Claudio Roditi