My Sax Life: A Memoir (Latino Voices/Vidas)

My Sax Life: A Memoir (Latino Voices/Vidas) by D'Rivera, Paquito. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780810122185.

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 DRivera. A best-selling artist with more than thirty solo albums to his credit, DRivera 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, DRiveras story soars and spins from memory to memory in a collage of his remarkable life. DRivera 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 artists life.