GOLD PROMO stamp on back. Vinyl plays nicely (play-graded). Cover looks great; a few creases near edges; light-scuffing, tiny surface abrasions, and surface impressions (front/back). Inner-sleeve is original (photos/credits); two seams partially split. Spine is mostly easy-to-read with some wear, especially near bottom. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of use and slight rippling. (Not a cut-out.)
On Manhattan Burn, Paquito D'Rivera spreads his stylistic net even further. Guataca City reignites the Latin flame, and in a more or less straight-ahead jazz vein, Paquito teams up with tenor sax bopper George Coleman on the Chick Corea-penned Paquito and A Lo Tristano. There is a requisite samba, with Claudio Roditi back on flugelhorn and Paquito dazzling as usual on clarinet, and there is even a graceful composition for classical guitar and clarinet, Two Venezuelan Waltzes.