# CD review: Barcelona Clarinet Players – Fantasias Barcelonicas: A Tribute to Paquito D’Rivera 2022: Video, CD cover

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2022/06/16/cd-review-barcelona-clarinet-players-fantasias-barcelonicas-a-tribute-to-paquito-drivera-2022-video-cd-cover/
- Published: 2022-06-16T10:57:41+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**“From my very first visit in the summer of 1980, the city of Barcelona fascinated
me in all its senses, from Montjuic, Las Ramblas and the monumental cathedral of
La Sagrada Familia to the Palau de la Música, La Boquería market and Plaza de España.**

This must have influenced positively in my relationship with the members of the “
Barcelona Clarinet Players,” which was love at first sight that began in 2018 during
my conversation with the outstanding Cuban-Spanish pianist Pepe Rivero at the AIE
headquarters in Barcelona.

That afternoon they told me about the arrangement they had made of my “Afro” for
a music program for children, so when I got back home I started sending them pieces
of mine adapted from versions for previous formats, such as “Cuban Sharks”, “A Farewell
Mambo”, “The Elephant and the Clown”, “La Fleur de Cayenne”, “Kites over Havana”
or “Wapango”. All of this until one fine day the restless Barcelona Clarinetists
got excited at commissioned me an original work for this very special musical ensemble.“
Fantasías Barcelónicas” was born, moved by three emblematic Catalan artists whom
I have admired for years:

The inspired novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafón, who narrated the mysteries of the night
in Barcelona, the charismatic pianist Tete Montoliu, whose sense of swing and jazz
improvisation are an indispensable part of the soundtrack of the city where Miró
and Caballé were born; and finally the brilliant architect Antoni Gaudí, who with
his amazing and luminous style, fills the streets of his native land with unrepeatable
architectural gems.

The fact that this extraordinary group of fellow clarinetists decided on recording
a CD with works of my own honors me by offering me the opportunity to sing publicly
my love for this magical city and my devotion to some of his most beloved children.”

1. A Farewell Mambo (8:37)
 2. Monk-Tuno (3:47) 3. Kites over Havana (6:06) 4. The
Elephant and the Clown (9:36) 5. Wapango (4:02) 6. Cuban Sharks (5:35) 7. La Fleur
de Cayenne (3:27) 8. La sombra del viento (6:00) 9. Mamblues pal Tete (4:25) 10.
Choro Gaudiano (4:40) 11. Bachrinets (1:25)

**Paquito D’Rivera – alto saxophone & clarinet (1, 3, 4, & 5)**
 **Manuel Martínez–
clarinet** **Javier Vilaplana – clarinet** **Martí Guasteví – basset horn** **Alejandro
Castillo – bass clarinet**

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