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CARTA DE PAQUITO D'RIVERA A LA REVISTA
"JAZZ TIMES"
Esta carta habla por si sola. La reproducimos
en el inglés original.
May23-03
As
a regular reader of Jazz Times magazine, I've
noticed that your publication is heavily promoting cultural tourism to (what is
left of) my homeland, Cuba.
Totally convinced that my words are not going to change anything at all, at
least I want to call to your attention the fact that last year was the time when
more Cuban artists from both sides of the Florida straits obtained more GRAMMYs
and Latin GRAMMY awards and nominations in the most diverse categories than in
any other period in history. Among them Celia Cruz, Omar Sosa, Nilo Castillo,
Rey Guerra, Albita, Jorge Moreno, Bebo and Chucho Valdés.
I wonder if are you guys aware that, as usual, none of the exiled Cuban artists
were mentioned at all by the cultural officials of the longest dictatorship on
earth (43 years!), and while deservingly celebrating Chucho's
many achievements in his career, nobody even pronounced the
venerable name of his very own father Bebo, who by the way went home to
Stockholm carrying two of those awards for his formidable CD "El
Arte del Sabor",
accompanied by other three compatriots, "Patato"
Valdés, El Gran Cachao and myself.
It is true that those days when Jazz was "a
four letter word"
in my country and we had to hide to listen to Willis Conover's
radio show are gone now, but please keep in mind that while you guys are jammin'
with Cuban musicians, eating at restaurants where natives are not permitted, or
visiting some school from Castro's famous
free education system, only a few weeks ago, 3 young Afro-Cubans died by firing
squad just for stealing a boat, and 28 independent writers, among them the great
poet and Jazz fan Raul Rivero are serving 20
years of imprisonment just for doing what they were trained for, writing.
Have a nice trip!
Paquito D'Rivera
Cuban exiled musician and writer
Arriba (up)
Por el 47 aniversario
Las fuerzas armadas en la encrucijada
Ejercito y Transición
Brigada 2506
Deuda Exterior de Cuba
Entrevista a Machover
Objetividad vs. Terrorismo
"Jubilación" en Cuba
Ejercito y transicion
Castro and the Middle East
Estrategia bipolar
La decadencia de Fidel Castro
Castro el infiel
Crónica de una manifestación anunciada
Rol del Poder Judicial
Carta a "Jazz Times" de Paquito D'Rivera
La Poesía- arma peligrosa
Carlos Franqui visita a Praga
Carta de derechos
Espectro de la democracia
Las Reservas del Comandante
Suecos defienden a disidentes
Fusilados al amanecer
Lecciones de Irak
Paquito
Greenpeace en Cuba
Libre Empresa
Dos escritos de Luis González
El Poder de Convocatoria de Martí
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