Paquito D'Rivera

Francisco de Jesús Rivera Figueras

appears on 2 albums

Cuban saxophone/flute/clarinet player and band leader (b. June 4th, 1948 in Havana, Cuba). Son of saxophone player Tito D'Rivera, he started playing saxophone at 5 years old. At 19 he debuted on Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Cuba and that same year (1965) he founded Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna with Chucho Valdés, and later Irakere, melting jazz, rock and traditional Cuban music.

Member of

  • The Blackout Allstars
  • Irakere
  • Paquito D'Rivera & Co.
  • Caribbean Jazz Project
  • Paquito D'Rivera Orchestra
  • Estrellas De Areito
  • Orquesta Cubana De Música Moderna
  • The United Nation Orchestra
  • +12

Also known as

  • El De la 7

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