Portraits of Cuba is an album by Cuban musician Paquito D'Rivera, released through Chesky Records in 1996. In 1997, the album won D'Rivera the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz performance.[2]

Portraits of Cuba
Studio album by
Released1996
Length60:44
LabelChesky
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[1]

Track listing edit

  1. "La Bella Cubana" (White) – 5:14
  2. "The Peanut Vendor" (L. Wolfe Gilbert, Moisés Simons, Marion Sunshine) – 4:38
  3. "Tú" (DeFuentes, Fuentes) – 5:35
  4. "Tú, Mi Delirio" (De La Luz) – 6:31
  5. "No Te Importe Saber" (Touzet) – 5:42
  6. "Drume Negrita" (Grenet, Grenet) – 4:18
  7. "Portraits of Cuba" (D'Rivera) – 5:04
  8. "Excerpt from 'Aires Tropicales'" (D'Rivera) – 0:48
  9. "Mariana" (Franzetti) – 5:30
  10. "Como Arrullo de Palmas" (Lecuona) – 3:22
  11. "Échale Salsita" (Pineiro) – 5:06
  12. "Song to My Son" (D'Rivera) – 5:22
  13. "Theme from 'I Love Lucy'" (Harold Adamson, Daniel, Daniel) – 3:25

References edit

  1. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 406. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  2. ^ "Winners of the 1997 Grammy Awards". The New York Times. February 28, 1997. Retrieved November 3, 2010.