Paquito D'Rivera

Paquito D'Rivera
D'Rivera in 2022
Background information
Born
Francisco de Jesús Rivera Figueras

(1948-06-04) 4 June 1948
Havana, Cuba
GenresAfro-Cuban jazz, songo, classical
OccupationsMusician, composer, bandleader
InstrumentsAlto saxophone, clarinet
Years active1965–present
LabelsSunnyside, Paquito Records
Websitepaquitodrivera.com
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox musical artist with deprecated parameter "associated_acts". It should be removed.

Francisco de Jesús Rivera Figueras (born 4 June 1948), known as Paquito D'Rivera, is a Cuban-American alto saxophonist, clarinetist and composer. He was a member of the Cuban songo band Irakere and, since the 1980s, he has established himself as a bandleader in the United States. His smooth saxophone tone and his frequent combination of Latin jazz and classical music have become his trademarks.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.