The guitar virtuosos Sergio and Odair Assad join their friend clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera for a fun evening of Latin classical music, with a dash of jazz. Paquito’s charming personality and the Assads’ impeccable ensemble playing ensure a delightful performance and will bring a unique flavor to their many educational offerings.

“The broad range of compositions, embracing myriad styles and rhythms — tangos, sambas, choros, Habaneras, boleros — was handled with great ease and subtlety. The Assads’ playing is so seamlessly integrated that their ensemble passages flowed with the living, vibrant voice of a single instrument. Their brief solo segments, as well as a duet rendering of Gismonti’s ‘Baiao Malandro,’ were equally impressive examples of the sort of playing in which the music completely transcends the mechanics of music-making.

D’Rivera added character and individuality to everything he played. Classically trained, he brilliantly executed rapid-fire, finger-busting passages in pieces such as Pixinguinha’s “Um a Zero,” without losing the jazz-tinged individuality of his sound and phrasing. In a few numbers, space was opened up for him to explore his extraordinary improvisational skills.” (Los AngeLes Times)

“Call it one of the most engaging musical presentations of the season. Better yet, call it a stunning display

of the music of the Western Hemisphere, performed

by three of that region’s (and the world’s) finest artists.”

-Los AngeLes Times

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afro PAqUITO D’RIVERA

el ChocloAnGEL VILLOLDO

aquarela do BrasilARy BARROSO

trialogoREy GUERRA

drume negritaELISEO GREnET

dizzinessPAqUITO D’RIVERAPaquito D’Rivera, clarinet solo

Conga de la media nocheERnESTO LECUOnA

milonga per tre ASTOR PIAZZOLLA

malambo ALBERTO GInASTERA

Baiao malandroEGBERTO GISMOnTISérgio & Odair Assad,Guitar solo

Hoe Down from “Rodeo”AAROn COPLAnD

mangabeiraSéRGIO ASSAD

vals no. 3 AnTOnIO LAURO

vete de miVIRGILIO & HOMERO EXPOSITO

danza paraguayaAGUSTIn BARRIOS

alfonsina y el marARIEL RAMIREZ

um a zeroPIXInGUInHA

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