Ilan Stavans and Paquito D’Rivera on Jazz and Don Quixote

(presented in English with translation into Spanish)

Sponsored by WDNA 88.9 Serious Jazz.

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Ilan Stavans is an essayist, cultural commentator, and teacher known for his insights on language and culture. Stavans’ latest book, Quixote: The Novel and the World (W. W. Norton & Company; $26.95), is a groundbreaking cultural history of the most influential, most frequently translated, and most imitated novel in history, now celebrating its 400^th anniversary. Jazz legend Paquito D’Rivera, the winner of fourteen Grammy Awards, is celebrated both for his artistry in Latin jazz and his achievements as a classical composer. Letters to Yeyito: Lessons from a Life in Music (Restless Books; $15.95) is a fascinating tour of D’Rivera’s six-decade-long journey in the arts and a useful guidebook for aspiring artists everywhere. Join Stavans and D’Rivera in a free-flowing, thought-provoking conversation on improvisation and the lasting power of classics in music and literature.

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