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My Sax Life: A Memoir
Contributor(s): D'Rivera, Paquito (Author), Stavans, Ilan (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0810125242     ISBN-13: 9780810125247
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
OUR PRICE:   $17.96  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2008
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Annotation: Opinionated but always good-humored, this autobiography is a fascinating statement on art and the life of this musically gifted Cuban defector.
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Music
- Music | Genres & Styles - Latin
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
Dewey: 788.716
Series: Latino Voices
Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.24" W x 8.92" (1.49 lbs) 400 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
- Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies
 
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Winner of 2005 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition
Winner of 2005 National Medal of Arts

My Sax Life is the award-winning memoir of famed Cuban musician Paquito D'Rivera. A best-selling artist with more than thirty solo albums to his credit, D'Rivera has performed at the White House and the Blue Note, and with orchestras, jazz ensembles, and chamber groups around the world. Propelled by jazz-fueled high spirits, D'Rivera's story soars and spins from memory to memory in a collage of his remarkable life. D'Rivera recalls his early nightclub appearances as a child, performing with clowns and exotic dancers, as well as his search for artistic freedom in communist Cuba and his hungry explorations of world music after his defection. Opinionated but always good-humored, My Sax Life is a fascinating statement on art and the artist's life.